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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.
Kansas made progress by plugging orphaned wells with IIJA initial grant funding; however, we identified issues with its grant performance.
We completed 25 oversight projects related to $787 million in Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013 funding for DOI Hurricane Sandy recovery.
We concluded that a former employee did not violate his duty of candor but received an overpayment in relocation benefits.
We found that nearly $40 million in IT-related purchase requests were incorrectly classified and did not receive appropriate IT approval as required.
We found that DOI may have misstated its total acres by 82 percent in its FY 2023 AFR.
DOI is not consistently reducing cybersecurity risks by remediating software vulnerabilities that have been rated as the most severe.
BLM did not comply with Federal and BLM requirements when processing applications for solar and wind renewable energy development on BLM public lands.
OIA did not ensure Insular Areas complied with regulations. Single audits were late, and not all Insular Areas submitted FY 2022-2023 reports.
The Department of Wildlife ensured grant funds and license revenue were used for allowable activities and complied with laws and requirements.