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Reports

Verification Review of Recommendation 9 from the Report Titled “Bureau of Land Management’s Renewable Energy Program: A Critical Point in Renewable Energy Development” (CR-EV-BLM-0004-2010)

Report Number
2018-EAU-028

We completed a verification review of Recommendation 9, presented in our evaluation report, “Bureau of Land Management’s Renewable Energy Program: A Critical Point in Renewable Energy Development” (CR-EV-FWS-0004-2010), issued June 12, 2012. Our objective for this review was to determine whether the Bureau of Land Management implemented Recommendation 9 as reported to the Office of Financial Management, Office of Policy, Management and Budget. We concur that this recommendation has been resolved and implemented.

Other
Bureau of Land Management

United States

Unfounded Allegations of Fraud on a Boat Access Renovation Project

Report Number
15-0346

The OIG investigated allegations of contract fraud and misuse of Federal funds related to a municipal boat access site renovation partially funded by a grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). We did not substantiate allegations of contract fraud or the misuse of Federal funds. The problems we identified appeared to be the result of poor project management and poor workmanship, rather than fraud. The municipality has initiated legal proceedings to resolve the problems with the contractor.

Investigation
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

, TX, United States

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program Grants Awarded to the Government of Guam, Department of Agriculture, From October 1, 2014, through September 30, 2016

Report Number
2017-EXT-006

The OIG audited the costs claimed by the Government of Guam’s Department of Agriculture 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 $4.6 million on 31 grants that were open during the State fiscal years that ended September 30, 2015, and September 30, 2016.

Audit
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

, GU, United States

Verification Review of Recommendations 1, 3, 4, and 5 from the Report Titled “U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Management of Oil and Gas Activities on Refuges” (CR-EV-FWS-0002-2014)

Report Number
2018-EAU-029

We completed a verification review of Recommendations 1, 3, 4, and 5, presented in our evaluation report, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Management of Oil and Gas Activities on Refuges (CR-EV-FWS-0002-2014), issued March 1, 2015. Our objective for this review was to determine whether the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service implemented Recommendations 1, 3, 4, and 5 in the evaluation as reported to the Office of Financial Management, Office of Policy, Management and Budget. We concur that these four recommendations have been resolved and closed.

Other
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

United States

Unfounded Allegations of Bias and False Statements by USBR Employees

Report Number
12-0195

The OIG investigated allegations that a U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) review of its own failures in oversight of a Federal grant was biased and that USBR or Office of the Solicitor employees made false statements during our initial investigation of the grant. We did not find any evidence that USBR’s review was biased or that employees made false statements.

Investigation
Bureau of Reclamation

United States

Offshore Platform Workers Sentenced for Pollution

Report Number
16-0003

OIG investigated allegations that offshore oil and gas company employees and contractors illegally discharged oil into the Gulf of Mexico. We determined offshore workers Luke Ball, Darryl Plaisance, and William Smith intentionally discharged oil into the Gulf while operating aboard a platform located on a Federal lease. All three individuals were criminally charged by a Federal grand jury in the Western District of Louisiana. Ball and Plaisance pled guilty to making a knowing discharge of a pollutant, and Smith pled guilty to making a negligent discharge of a pollutant into the Gulf.

Investigation
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

United States

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