Federal Reports

Companion Data Services, LLC, did not claim $17,943 of allowable Medicare pension costs on its incurred cost proposals for calendar years 2008 through 2011.

The CSB faces two management challenges that, if not addressed, may seriously impede the agency’s ability to achieve its mission efficiently and effectively.

The OIG investigated allegations that Georgie Russell, Chief Financial Officer for the Chippewa Cree Construction Company (C-4), embezzled funds from C-4 and Dry Forks Farm, a tribally owned business. We also investigated allegations that Russell submitted false quarterly financial reports to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) for the federally funded Rocky Boys/North Central Montana Regional Water System Project.Our investigation confirmed that Russel embezzled funds from C-4 and Dry Forks Farm by falsifying time sheets and authorizing fraudulent payments. We also found that Russell submitted false quarterly financial reports to USBR, in which she misrepresented C-4’s cash on hand for the water project by as much as $1.7 million. Russell pled guilty in U.S. District Court for the District of Montana to theft and filing false statements. She was sentenced to 18 months in Federal prison and ordered to repay $61,230 in restitution.

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We investigated allegations that James Milestone, Superintendent of California’s Whiskeytown National Recreation Area (WHIS), National Park Service (NPS), solicited donations and inappropriately collected funds for the park partner organization Friends of Whiskeytown (FOW). We also investigated allegations that Milestone had park employees work on FOW projects while on duty, misused maintenance project funds, disregarded compliance rules and other requirements for a trail project, engaged in gender discrimination and sexual harassment, and misused a Government-owned vehicle.We substantiated the allegations that Milestone routinely violated Federal regulations and NPS policies and found that he demonstrated questionable leadership practices:• Milestone admitted that he had solicited and collected donations for the FOW and asked his subordinates and a park concessionaire to do the same.• Milestone violated ethics regulations by offering the services of WHIS employees and its lodging accommodations to the FOW for fundraising events.• Milestone ignored departmental policy and compliance requirements and improperly redirected funding for a proposed trail project.• Milestone communicated unprofessionally with his staff, including making inappropriate gender-based remarks.• Milestone routinely misused a Government-owned vehicle; we also determined that he demonstrated a lack of candor when he denied the misuse.We provided this report to the NPS Deputy Director, who is exercising the authority of the NPS Director, for any action deemed appropriate.