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Reports

Land Transfers Approved Without Proper Authority

Report Number
19-0342

The OIG investigated allegations that Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) realty specialists processed and approved 15 land transfer gift deeds from a tribal member to his sister without the proper authority.

Investigation
Bureau of Indian Affairs

Where’s the Money? DOI Use of Disaster Relief Funds as of September 30, 2020

Report Number
2020-FIN-071

On February 9, 2018, the President signed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, which included funds for expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and for those areas impacted by the 2017 wildfires. The act provided the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) with $516 million to support the needs of the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey, Office of Insular Affairs, and Office of Inspector General. This report provides information on the DOI’s status in spending these appropriations as of the end of fiscal year 2020.

Disaster Recovery Report
Departmentwide

Where’s the Money? DOI Use of CARES Act Funds as of January 31, 2021

Report Number
2021-FIN-021

On March 27, 2020, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) was enacted. To date the CARES Act has provided the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) with $909.7 million, which includes direct apportionments of $756 million to support the needs of DOI programs, bureaus, Indian Country, and the Insular Areas, and a $153.7 million transfer from the U.S. Department of Education to the BIE. This report presents the DOI’s progress as of January 31, 2021, in spending CARES Act appropriations.

Other
Pandemic
Departmentwide

United States

Unsubstantiated Allegations of Bid Rigging and Procurement Integrity Act Violations

Report Number
19-0833

The OIG investigated allegations that independent Government contractors colluded on bids for Bureau of Land Management (BLM) hay delivery contracts, that a BLM employee who was related to one of the contractors influenced the awards to benefit the relative, and that the contractors added weight to hay deliveries by watering the hay before delivering it to the BLM on contracts paid by the ton. We substantiated that one contractor assisted another contractor with bid packages for five separate contract solicitations from 2016 to 2019, but the evidence did not establish that they intended to

Investigation
Bureau of Land Management
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