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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.
Read our latest report to Congress highlighting OIG’s successful work from April 1, 2025, to September 30, 2025.
We substantiated allegations that an operator placed safety systems in bypass and did not immediately notify BSEE of the subsequent oil discharge.
We found that an employee with a food service contractor stole money from an FWS training center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.
Using a risk-based, tiered approach in developing this work plan to best focus our resources, AIE will initiate work in nine risk areas in 2026, including oversight of supplemental funding provided to DOI.
We found a former employee violated ethics regulations, DOI Policy and the law through misuse of official time and property and other misconduct.
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.