Our FY 2025 Organizational Assessment highlights our significant accomplishments in overseeing the DOI's programs and operations.
RECENT REPORTS
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BIE did not ensure deficiencies were addressed timely; schools did not consistently implement mitigating measures or close corrected work orders…
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We found that a former NPS Administrative Assistant violated ethical requirements in connection with the former employee’s outside position.
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The Udall Foundation did not adhere to NIST standards, hindering its ability to devise a viable approach for managing its information security…
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USGS distributed Earth MRI IIJA funds in accordance with the Act, but it was unable to demonstrate the cooperative agreements met program…
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We substantiated allegations that Signal Peak Energy submitted false invoices and information to ONRR.
Issue Areas
Congress provided the OIG almost $100 million in the Infrastructure, Investment, and Jobs Act (IIJA) and $10 million in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to oversee the DOI’s management of these funds. Learn how we are helping to safeguard these funds from fraud, waste, and abuse.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian Education provide services to 574 federally recognized tribes with a population of about 1.9 million American Indians and Alaska Natives. OIG oversight helps prevent fraud and mismanagement that diverts funds from those in need.
DOI has significant financial assets, including contracts, financial assistance awards (grants and cooperative agreements), property, and other resources. Within this broad area, we prioritize oversight work on grants and contracts, CARES Act, and spending under the Great American Outdoors Act.
OIG In The News
Press Release
CAPE GIRARDEAU – U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig on Monday sentenced a former employee of the National Park Service to five years of probation and ordered her to repay $249,000 in campsite and tour fees that she stole from 2019 to 2023.
Lisa Figge was a supervisory visitor use assistant at the Ozark National Scenic Riverways at the time. Figge’s job duties…
Press Release
DENVER – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that James Montoya, 55, of Lakewood, Colorado, was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1,122,009.47 after pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud.
According to the plea agreement, Montoya worked as a federal…