Reports

We investigated allegations that a BIE official, when he was the principal of a BIE boarding school, had attempted to increase the school’s Federal funding by: • Allowing or directing the enrollment of students in the school’s gifted and talented (GT) program without properly assessing them • Submitting inaccurate student attendance records We found that enrollment in the school’s GT program went up dramatically while the official was principal and that this increased the school’s Federal funding, but we did not find evidence that the official had directed school staff to identify GT

BIE Official Allegedly Inflated GT Program Enrollment and Student Attendance Numbers at Former School

The OIG investigated allegations that a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) official intimidated and verbally abused a subordinate employee and that the official twice directed the employee to provide false information—once about an FWS event and once about an FWS investigation.

The OIG investigated allegations that a former Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) official had targeted, bullied, and physically threatened U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) employees while at the DOI and that the official spoke in an unprofessional or threatening manner to senior DOI staff.

We completed an inspection of the U.S. Department of the Interior’s compliance with secure communication requirements for publicly accessible web and email systems from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).