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

March 30, 2020

Verification Review – Recommendations 2 and 4 for the Management Advisory Titled The Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse and Burro Program Is Not Maximizing Efficiencies or Complying With Federal Regulations (2016-WR-027)

Report Number

2020-WR-015

Recommendations for the 2016 Report on the BLM’s Wild Horse and Burro Program

Verification Review

March 26, 2020

Corporation Falsified Results of Required Test

Report Number

17-0097

Investigation

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

, LA, United States

March 25, 2020

Corporation Falsified Results of Required Test

Report Number

17-0097

Corporation Falsified Results of Required Test

Summary

March 23, 2020

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program Grants Awarded to the State of Minnesota, Department of Natural Resources, From July 1, 2016, Through June 30, 2018

Report Number

2019-CR-016

Audit

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

, MN, United States

March 22, 2020

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program Grants Awarded to the State of Minnesota, Department of Natural Resources, From July 1, 2016, Through June 30, 2018

Report Number

2019-CR-016

WSFR Grants Awarded to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2018

Audit

March 18, 2020

Office of Inspector General's 2019 Organizational Assessment

Other

March 5, 2020

NPS Supervisor Convicted of Embezzling Park Fee Funds at Mammoth Cave National Park

Report Number

19-0079

The OIG investigated allegations that Leslie Lewis, a National Park Service (NPS) Supervisory Fee Management Specialist, embezzled fee deposit funds from Mammoth Cave National Park, KY. We determined that from 2014 through 2018 Lewis embezzled $169,322 from the park’s fee collection program, using several schemes to conceal the thefts. We also found that, at the time of the thefts, the park’s fee collection procedures did not conform to NPS policy governing such programs, but park officials have corrected the deficiencies. The U. S.

Investigation

National Park Service

United States

March 4, 2020

NPS Supervisor Convicted of Embezzling Park Fee Funds at Mammoth Cave National Park

Report Number

19-0079

NPS Supervisor Convicted of Embezzling Park Fee Funds at Mammoth Cave National Park

Summary

February 25, 2020

Independent Auditors’ Performance Audit Report on the U.S. Department of the Interior Federal Information Security Modernization Act for Fiscal Year 2019

Report Number

2019-ITA-034

Independent Auditors’ Performance Audit on the 2019 U.S. Department of the Interior Federal Information Security Modernization Act

Audit

February 21, 2020

Oglala Sioux Tribe Member Fraudulently Obtained BIA General Assistance Funds

Report Number

18-0920

The OIG investigated allegations that Oglala Sioux Tribe Member Monica Tyon fraudulently obtained Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) general assistance funds. She reportedly received general assistance while she was employed by the Oglala Sioux Tribe. Tyon did not qualify for assistance because of the income from her tribal employment. We found that Tyon fraudulently received $4,775. Tyon admitted she applied for general assistance even though she knew she was not eligible. Tyon pleaded guilty in U.S.

Investigation

Bureau of Indian Affairs

, SD, United States