Mary L. Kendall
Acting Inspector General
Department of the Interior

Mary Kendall spent much of her career as an attorney for Federal law enforcement programs and as a State and Federal prosecutor. She joined the Federal workforce in 1986 as an attorney for the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of General Counsel. In 1990, she transferred to its Office of Criminal Enforcement, where she served for 9 years. Ms. Kendall became Deputy Inspector General at the Department of the Interior in the fall of 1999. She played an instrumental role in transforming the Office of Inspector General into an innovative organization dedicated to detecting Departmental fraud, waste, and mismanagement. As Acting Inspector General, she has continued improving the way in which the OIG conducts business.

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Organizational Performance

Successful strategy development and execution requires engagement throughout the organization, but it begins with leadership. In 2011, OIG renewed its focus on senior executive accountability for executing the organization's strategy. This focus came from two primary sources:

• measures for assessing senior executive performance in both technical and strategic areas; and
• executive sponsorship of the strategic objectives.

This direct accountability has helped drive desired change in the organization. Senior executives met or exceeded performance targets in key organizational areas, including employee job satisfaction, communication, and work-life balance.

For more information, please read the 2011 Organizational Assessment .

Strategic Planning

The OIG is an independent oversight organization responsible to the American people, the Secretary, and Congress. We strive to maintain a strong ethical standard and place our highest value in the integrity of our employees and products.

We seek to continuously evaluate and improve the Department’s accountability so our ideas and performance results make us a leader in the U.S. Government.

Thus, strategic planning is at our core.

Our plan assists the OIG in providing customers with quality, value-added products and services, improving the efficiency of our internal operations, and ensuring the responsible stewardship of budget and resources.

For further information, please see the complete DOI OIG Strategic Plan .

As reported in the DOI FY 2010 Report on Accountability:

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