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| About OIG |
| OIG Organization Chart |
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| The mission of the Office of Inspector General (OIG) is to promote excellence, integrity and accountability in the programs, operations, and management of the Department of the Interior. The work of the OIG is designed to: |
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- Promote DOI’s efforts to preserve and protect the Nation’s natural and cultural resources and protect DOI facilities;
- Promote effective financial, grant and procurement activities;
- Further DOI’s efforts to fulfill its responsibilities to American Indians, Alaska Natives and the Insular Areas;
- Promote the highest standards of integrity, impartiality and professionalism within DOI; and,
- Promote effective coordination and improved management practices among DOI’s Bureaus and components.
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| Responsibilities |
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| The OIG is responsible for independently and objectively identifying risks and vulnerabilities that directly impact, or could impact, the Department’s ability to accomplish its mission. We are required to keep the Secretary and the Congress fully and currently informed about problems and deficiencies relating to the administration of departmental programs and operations. Effective implementation of this mandate addresses the public’s demand for greater accountability and integrity in the administration of government programs and operations and the demand for programs that work better, cost less, and get the results about which Americans care most. |
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| Activities |
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| The OIG accomplishes its mission by conducting audits, investigations, evaluations, and reviews relating to the programs and operations of the Department. Our focus in assisting the Secretary and the Congress is to target our resources toward developing solutions for the Department’s most serious management and program challenges – most notably, cross-cutting or Department-wide issues – and toward high-risk areas vulnerable to fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement. Our mission, and corresponding goals, objectives and strategies are tied directly to the Department’s major goals and responsibilities. Our annual performance measures and targets are strategically chosen to ensure we hold ourselves accountable for keeping critical issues on the “radar screen” of decision-makers on a real-time basis. They are also designed to gain greater insight into the impact of our recommendations and whether the intended outcome or results are being achieved. By continually highlighting critical issues and offering suggestions and recommendations as they arise, to the extent practicable, we significantly increase the likelihood that desired outcomes and results will be achieved short and long-term. |
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| Insular Area Audit Responsibilities |
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| Under the Insular Areas Act of 1982 (48 U.S.C. § 1422), the Inspector General performs the functions of "government comptroller" in the United States insular areas of Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands by conducting audits of all property, receipts, revenues, and expenditures. The OIG also has audit responsibilities in the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau pursuant to the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. § 1681 note). |
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| Page last updated: February 12, 2008 |
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