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We completed a verification review of eight recommendations presented in the subject report. The objective of this review was to determine whether the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement implemented the recommendations as reported to the Office of Financial Management (PFM), Office of...
Under the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) provides grant funds to eligible States to conserve, restore, and manage wildlife and sport fish resources. States may provide Program funds to other non-Federal entities to accomplish or support grant...
We audited costs claimed by the State of North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission under grants awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) through the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program. The audit included claims totaling approximately $103 million on 54 grants that were open...
We audited costs claimed by the State of North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Marine Fisheries, under grants awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) through the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program. The audit included claims totaling approximately $8.4...
The OIG investigated allegations that a U.S. National Park Service (NPS) employee sexually harassed a colleague during a trip to gather data from a weather station.We found that the employee made unwanted sexual advances towards the colleague during an off-duty road trip including hugging, kissing...
The OIG investigated an allegation that U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) senior leaders may not have been forthcoming to the USGS Director about their knowledge of violations identified by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). In 2018, the NRC issued the USGS a civil penalty for infractions...
We audited costs claimed by the State of Illinois Department of Natural Resources (Department) under Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration grants awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). The audit included claims totaling approximately $50 million on 90 grants that were associated with the...
The OIG investigated SRC Energy’s self-reported disclosure that it drilled wells through a railroad right-of-way without obtaining a Federal lease or permit to drill. SRC, an oil and gas company based in Colorado, reported its activities to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which referred the...
The OIG investigated allegations that a former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) assistant hatchery manager directed an FWS biologist to validate an inaccurate cause of death for an endangered fish species in a mortality report to cover up alleged neglect at an FWS fishery. It was also alleged...
