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Reports

Allegations of Conflict of Interest at Gettysburg National Military Park

Report Number
16-0879

We investigated an anonymous complaint alleging that Superintendent Ed Clark of Gettysburg National Military Park (GETT) violated ethics rules by soliciting funds on behalf of the Gettysburg Foundation, a non-Government organization; accepting Foundation-funded travel to events sponsored by the Foundation and those sponsored by other non-Government entities; and hosting a Foundation-funded dinner for his employees. We found that from February 2014 to October 2016, Clark traveled 27 times to attend events organized by the Foundation.

Investigation
National Park Service

Gettysburg, PA, United States

Records Submitted to ONRR Were Not Altered

Report Number
18-0626

The OIG investigated an allegation that altered records were submitted to the Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR). The records were submitted to ONRR by a third-party consultant on behalf of their client, a company operating Federal mineral leases, during an audit of royalty refund requests. We found no evidence that records were altered. The information in the client’s official files matched the record the consultant provided to ONRR.

Investigation
Office of Natural Resources Revenue

United States

BLM Official Allegedly Abused Travel and Government Vehicle

Report Number
18-0700

The OIG investigated allegations that a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) official was not authorized to use a Government-owned vehicle (GOV) for home-to-work commuting, traveled to his home state for personal reasons under the guise of work trips, inappropriately interfered in a hiring action to select a lesser-qualified applicant, and planned to relocate a BLM office to another state to personally benefit from the move. We found that, from July 2017 to June 2018, the BLM official used a GOV for home-to-work commuting without authorization.

Investigation
Bureau of Land Management

United States

Former Executive Director of Calhoun Conservation District Convicted for Embezzling Federal Funds

Report Number
17-0962

The OIG investigated an allegation that Tracy Bronson, the former Executive Director of Calhoun Conservation District (CCD) in Marshall, MI, stole U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant funds from the CCD. We conducted this investigation jointly with the EPA OIG and the Michigan State Police. We determined that between 2014 and 2017, Bronson embezzled over $550,000 from the CCD’s credit union account, which included grant funds awarded to the CCD by the FWS and the EPA.

Investigation
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Marshall, MI, United States

A Tribe Acted Within Its Authority by Removing BIE Funds From Account of Tribally Controlled School

Report Number
17-0221

The OIG investigated allegations that a tribe had improperly removed funds from the bank account of a tribally controlled school funded by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). We investigated whether the tribe exceeded its authority in removing the funds and whether any of the funds had been stolen. We found that the tribe did not exceed its authority by removing the funds and that no funds had been stolen. We found that the tribe removed the funds as part of an effort to spend down a $3 million surplus that had accumulated in the school’s account over several years.

Investigation
Bureau of Indian Affairs

United States

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