We found that a company bypassed safety valves and falsified safety tests associated with an oil and gas production platform in the Gulf of Mexico…
RECENT REPORTS
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We investigated allegations that a Bureau Director did not comply with ethics obligations. We did not substantiate these allegations.
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We found that the Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Civil Rights applied an incorrect legal standard and backdated final agency decisions.
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We cannot determine if BIA and OIA grant activities met DOI climate change goals due to a lack of performance measures and grant monitoring.
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We describe aging infrastructure and dam safety risks, identify how the DOI plans to use IIJA funding, and discuss the BOR’s oversight strategy…
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We found that the NPS was unable to effectively identify and manage its deferred maintenance due to inaccurate and unreliable data.
Issue Areas
The OIG is charged with oversight of the U.S. Department of the Interior’s $756 million pandemic relief fund. Learn how we are fulfilling our mission to prevent fraud, waste, and misuse during this crisis.
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
Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Inspector General (OIG) is recognizing National Whistleblower Appreciation Day—celebrated annually on July 30—by honoring whistleblowers who have helped identify fraud, waste, and abuse at DOI.
Inspector General Mark Lee Greenblatt is honoring two whistleblowers...
Press Release
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Aleksey Krylov, 42, of South Orange, New Jersey, pleaded guilty today to aiding and abetting theft from programs receiving federal funds. Krylov admitted to diverting $94,197.93 in federal abandoned mine land (AML) remediation sub-grant funds to Jerry D. Elkins, 54, of Danville, West Virginia, while Elkins was an employee of the West Virginia Department of Environmental…