| Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of the Interior

March 29, 2024

The U.S. Department of the Interior Should Comply With Requirements in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Section 40206, “Critical Minerals Supply Chains and Reliability”

Report Number

2023-ISP-013

We found the Interagency Working Group on Mining Regulations, Laws, and Permitting did not fully meet IIJA Section 40206 reporting and performance metric requirements.

Inspection / Evaluation

Infrastructure

Departmentwide

February 7, 2024

Summary: Offshore Company Falsified Site Clearance Certification

Report Number

19-0821

We found a subcontractor falsified documentation regarding clearing production platforms, causing the lessee to provide these documents to BSEE.

Investigation

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

March 27, 2024

The National Park Service Should Clarify Oversight Responsibilities for Childcare Centers Operating in National Parks

Report Number

22-0609

We make recommendations to provide clarity and updated guidance regarding the operation of childcare centers on NPS lands.

Management Advisory

National Park Service

March 21, 2024

The U.S. Department of the Interior Did Not Ensure Its Wildland Firefighting Bureaus Conducted Routine Vehicle Inspections

Report Number

2022–ER–021

We found that the DOI must improve its wildland fire fleet management to ensure readiness across bureaus and locations.

Inspection / Evaluation

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Bureau of Land Management

National Park Service

Other

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

March 25, 2024

The National Park Service Did Not Adequately Oversee the Guard Services Contract at the Statue of Liberty National Monument

Report Number

2022-CGD-052

We found that DOI was not taking sufficient action to ensure the contractor met all contract terms and conditions.

Audit

National Park Service

March 25, 2024

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Grants Awarded to the State of Arizona, Game and Fish Department, From July 1, 2019, Through June 30, 2021, Under the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program

Report Number

2022–WR–003

We audited the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s use of grants awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program.

Audit

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Washington State Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Marketing and Selling Low-Quality Ballistic Protective Equipment Produced in China to Dozens of Law Enforcement Agencies and the U.S. Military

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PORTLAND, Ore.—A Washington State man was sentenced to federal prison today for knowingly and intentionally marketing and selling low-quality ballistic protective equipment produced in China to dozens of domestic law enforcement agencies and the U.S. Military.

Jeffrey Meining, 42, of Vancouver, Washington, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison and three years’ supervised release.

Date

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 12:00

OIG News Type

Press Release

Link

https://www.justice.gov/usao-or/pr/washington-state-man-sentenced-federal-priso…

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March 21, 2024

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Grants Awarded to the State of Wyoming, Game and Fish Department, From July 1, 2020, Through June 30, 2022, Under the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program

Report Number

2023-CGD-037

We audited costs claimed by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department under WSFR grants awarded by FWS and had no findings.

Audit

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

March 18, 2024

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Grants Awarded to the State of Indiana, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Fish & Wildlife, From July 1, 2020, Through June 30, 2022, Under the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program

Report Number

2023-CGD-034

We audited costs claimed by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Fish & Wildlife under WSFR grants awarded by FWS and had no findings.

Audit

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty to Bribing a Federal Official and Defrauding the Federal Aviation Administration in Moses Lake, Washington

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Spokane, Washington – Yesterday, Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Christopher Hamilton Clemens, age 42, currently of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and formerly of Clarkston, Washington, pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Defraud the United States in connection with bribing a federal contracting official with the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs (“BIA”) and fraudulently obtaining a contract with the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) in Moses Lake, Washington.

Date

Thu, 02/29/2024 - 12:00

OIG News Type

Press Release

Link

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edwa/pr/pennsylvania-man-pleads-guilty-bribing-fed…

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