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

November 29, 2023

Independent Auditors’ Reports on the Tribal and Other Trust Funds and Individual Indian Monies Trust Funds Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2023 and 2022

Report Number

2023-FIN-020

This report details KPMG’s audit of trust funds financial statements from the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration for fiscal years 2023 and 2022.

Audit

Other

November 29, 2023

Semiannual Report to Congress for the Period Ending September 30, 2023

This semiannual report summarizes the work we completed from April 1, 2023, through September 30, 2023.

Semiannual Report

Departmentwide

November 3, 2023

Inspector General’s Statement Summarizing the Major Management and Performance Challenges Facing the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fiscal Year 2023

Report Number

2023–ER–012

We summarized what we have determined to be the most significant management and performance challenges facing the DOI for FY 2023.

Top Management Challenges

Departmentwide

October 31, 2023

Flash Report: Ecosystem Restoration and Resilience Programs – The U.S. Department of the Interior Prepares to Spend $1.36 Billion

Report Number

2022–INF–050

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act authorizes $1.36 billion in appropriations for ecosystem restoration and resilience programs.

Other

Infrastructure

Other

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

October 24, 2023

Summary: NPS Employee Wrongfully Obtained Unemployment Insurance/Pandemic Unemployment Compensation

Report Number

22–0328

We found that a full-time NPS employee wrongfully obtained State unemployment insurance and Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation.

Investigation

Pandemic

National Park Service

October 20, 2023

Contractor Wrongfully Obtained Over $10 Million in Buy Indian Act Contracts from BIA and BIE

Report Number

22-0007

We found that a contractor wrongfully obtained over $10.7 million in Buy Indian Act set-aside contracts from BIA and BIE.

Investigation

Bureau of Indian Affairs

October 12, 2023

Company Failed to Report Production and Pay Royalties for Oil and Gas

Report Number

21-0282

We found that a company in Colorado failed to report production and pay royalties for oil and gas produced from Federal leases.

Investigation

Bureau of Land Management

Office of Natural Resources Revenue

September 26, 2023

The Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Civil Rights Applied an Incorrect Legal Standard and Backdated Final Agency Decisions

Report Number

21-0909

We found that the Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Civil Rights applied an incorrect legal standard and backdated final agency decisions.

Investigation

Other

September 19, 2023

The Bureau of Indian Affairs’ and the Office of Insular Affairs’ Support for Climate Adaptation Practices

Report Number

2022–ER–019

We cannot determine if BIA and OIA grant activities met DOI climate change goals due to a lack of performance measures and grant monitoring.

Inspection / Evaluation

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Office of Insular Affairs

September 18, 2023

Flash Report: The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Infrastructure Investment for Aging Infrastructure and Dam Safety

Report Number

2022–INF–049

We describe aging infrastructure and dam safety risks, identify how the DOI plans to use IIJA funding, and discuss the BOR’s oversight strategy.

Other

Infrastructure

Bureau of Reclamation