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Financial Management

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.

Unsubstantiated Allegations of Fraud by a Tribal Transportation Consortium

Report Number
18-0625

The OIG conducted a joint investigation with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General into allegations that a tribal transportation consortium fraudulently received more than $9 million between 2012 and 2015 by collecting Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Roads Funds for tribes no longer affiliated with the consortium. We did not substantiate the allegations. We identified 24 tribes that were members of the consortium, and none of the representatives we spoke to corroborated the allegations.

Investigation
Bureau of Indian Affairs

NPS Supervisor Stole Government Property and Misused Her Position

Report Number
19-0216

We investigated allegations that a National Park Service (NPS) supervisor took Government property for personal use and misused her official position. The NPS subsequently notified us that one of the supervisor’s subordinate employees also took Government computer equipment for personal use. We found that the NPS supervisor and two subordinate employees took Government property for personal use. We also found that the NPS supervisor misused two subordinates’ official time by directing them to perform work on her personal property for her personal benefit.

Investigation
National Park Service

Alleged Fraudulent Refund Requests by Offshore Oil and Gas Production Company

Report Number
20-0026

We investigated allegations that an oil and gas production company claimed improper allowances for offshore Federal mineral leases in the Pacific Ocean. The company submitted royalty refund requests to the Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) for previously unclaimed oil and gas transportation allowances and gas processing allowances.

Investigation
Office of Natural Resources Revenue

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Grants Awarded to the State of Utah, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife Resources From July 1, 2017, Through June 30, 2019, Under the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program

Report Number
2020-CR-024

We audited costs claimed by the Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife Resources (Division) under grants awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) through the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program. We conducted this audit to determine whether the Division used grant funds and State hunting and fishing license revenue for allowable fish and wildlife activities and complied with applicable laws and regulations, FWS guidelines, and grant agreements.

Audit
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

, UT, United States