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Reports

IBC Mistakenly Paid More Than $300,000 to the Wrong Entity

Report Number
18-0526

The OIG investigated an allegation that an information technology services contractor intentionally diverted a payment made by the Interior Business Center (IBC) away from the contractor’s assignee—an entity to which the contractor owed money—into its own bank account. As a result, the IBC paid the contractor instead of the assignee, and the U.S.

Investigation
Other

Where’s the Money? DOI Use of CARES Act Funds, As of April 28, 2020

Report Number
2020-FIN-036

On March 27, 2020, the President signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). Among its provisions, the CARES Act provided the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) with $756 million to support the needs of DOI programs, bureaus, Indian Country, and the Insular Areas. This report presents the DOI’s progress as of April 28, 2020, in spending CARES Act appropriations.

Other
Pandemic
Departmentwide

FWS Administrative Assistant Misused Government Purchase Card

Report Number
19-0119

The OIG investigated allegations that a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) administrative assistant made numerous personal purchases using a Government purchase card from 2016 to 2018. Our investigation found that during that 2-year period the employee made 27 personal purchases totaling $7,454.88 using the employee’s Government-issued purchase card. We also determined that the employee lied during our investigation when the employee claimed some charges were for office supplies.

Investigation
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Allegations of Unpaid Royalties Determined To Be a Reporting Error

Report Number
19-0797

The OIG investigated allegations that an oil and gas production company failed to properly account for oil produced from Federal leases in the Bakersfield, CA area, resulting in a loss of mineral royalties owed to the Federal Government. The company was required to account for and report its oil production to the U.S. Department of the Interior. We determined that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) discovered that the company’s recordkeeping contributed to a production reporting error of 400 barrels of oil, but an audit of the company’s operations did not disclose a loss of royalties.

Investigation
Office of Natural Resources Revenue
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