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The U.S. Department of the Interior Needs To Continue To Strengthen Governance Practices To Improve Its Management of Geospatial Data

Submitting OIG: 
Department of the Interior OIG
Report Description: 
The DOI has made progress in meeting 10 of the 13 Geospatial Data Act requirements we reviewed but we found areas for improvement.
Short / Alternative Report Title: 
DOI Needs To Continue To Strengthen Governance Practices To Improve Management of Geospatial Data
Date Issued: 
Monday, September 26, 2022
Agency Reviewed / Investigated: 
Department of the Interior
Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number: 
2022–CGD–026
Component, if applicable: 
Office of the Chief Information Officer
Location(s): 
Agency-Wide
Type of Report: 
Audit
Questioned Costs: 
$0
Funds for Better Use: 
$0
Number of Recommendations: 
9
View Document: 
AttachmentSize
PDF icon Final-Audit-ReportGeospatialDataPublic.pdf4.51 MB

Related Open Recommendations

Recommendation Number Recommendation Status Significant Recommendation Additional Details
2022-CGD-026-05 Open No
We recommend that the Office of the Chief Information Officer coordinate with the bureaus to determine why their datasets in the GeoPlatform had missing or inaccurate metadata and establish appropriate controls to help ensure future accuracy.
2022-CGD-026-06 Open No
We recommend that the Office of the Chief Information Officer direct the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to ensure that metadata are harvested from Data.gov into the appropriate datasets on the GeoPlatform.
2022-CGD-026-07 Open No
We recommend that the Office of the Chief Information Officer direct the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement to ensure that metadata is harvested from Data.gov into the appropriate datasets on the GeoPlatform. 
2022-CGD-026-08 Open No
We recommend that the Office of the Chief Information Officer direct the National Park Service to ensure that metadata are harvested from Data.gov into the appropriate datasets on the GeoPlatform. 
2022-CGD-026-09 Open No
We recommend that the Office of the Chief Information Officer direct the U.S. Geological Survey to ensure that metadata are harvested from Data.gov into the appropriate datasets on the GeoPlatform.
Displaying 5 of 5 Recommendations