Reports

The OIG audited the costs claimed by the State of Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission under grants awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) through the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program. The audit included claims totaling approximately $121 million on 100 grants that were open during the State fiscal years that ended June 30, 2015, and June 30, 2016.

The OIG investigated allegations that a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) employee violated conflict of interest laws by steering BLM contracts to a business that he owned. The employee admitted to the conflict of interest and that his actions were wrong. We found that the employee’s wife owned a business and that between April 2016 and August 2017, the employee steered 11 contracts, totaling $27,409.60, to his wife’s business.

The OIG investigated allegations that three supervisors in a Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) regional office were involved in a variety of incidents that included misusing and failing to properly account for the office’s specialized communications vehicles, misusing take-home Government-owned vehicles (GOVs), and improperly purchasing items with Government funds to give as gifts to local law enforcement agencies. We found no evidence that the office’s specialized communications vehicles had been misused, but the BIA did not consistently require operational plans for the vehicles’ use.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) requested that we audit costs claimed on a contract dated November 7, 2016, associated with Government to Government Agreement No. A13AP00043 that the BIA issued to the Crow Tribe. We could not perform the audit because the contractor and the BIA could not provide the necessary documentation for its contract or claim.

FWS Sport Fish Restoration Grants Awarded to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources