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

December 14, 2023

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Grants Awarded to the State of Connecticut, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, From July 1, 2019, Through June 30, 2021, Under the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program

Report Number

2022-CR-038

We audited costs claimed by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection under WSFR grants awarded by the FWS.

Audit

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

December 13, 2023

Summary: Former BIA Employee Defrauds Government by Misusing Government Credit Cards

Report Number

18-1084

We found that a former BIA employee defrauded the Government through misuse of Government credit cards and other misconduct.

Investigation

Bureau of Indian Affairs

December 8, 2023

The U.S. Department of the Interior and Its Bureaus Made Progress Implementing Corrective Actions To Improve Disaster Preparedness

Report Number

2022–WR–041

The DOI took actions to address the six recommendations we reviewed; we determined all six recommendations have been implemented.

Inspection / Evaluation

Other

December 8, 2023

Independent Auditors’ Report on the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2023 and 2022

Report Number

2023-FIN-021

KPMG audited DOI’s financial statements and found three material weaknesses and one significant deficiency in financial reporting internal controls.

Audit

Departmentwide

December 4, 2023

The National Park Service Should Increase Monitoring and Oversight To Protect the Integrity and Recreational Value of the Land and Water Conservation Fund State Side Program

Report Number

2021–ER–026

We found that the NPS did not adequately monitor States’ administration of LWCF funds.

Inspection / Evaluation

National Park Service

November 29, 2023

Independent Auditors’ Reports on the Tribal and Other Trust Funds and Individual Indian Monies Trust Funds Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2023 and 2022

Report Number

2023-FIN-020

This report details KPMG’s audit of trust funds financial statements from the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration for fiscal years 2023 and 2022.

Audit

Other

November 29, 2023

Semiannual Report to Congress for the Period Ending September 30, 2023

This semiannual report summarizes the work we completed from April 1, 2023, through September 30, 2023.

Semiannual Report

Departmentwide

November 3, 2023

Inspector General’s Statement Summarizing the Major Management and Performance Challenges Facing the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fiscal Year 2023

Report Number

2023–ER–012

We summarized what we have determined to be the most significant management and performance challenges facing the DOI for FY 2023.

Top Management Challenges

Departmentwide

October 31, 2023

Flash Report: Ecosystem Restoration and Resilience Programs – The U.S. Department of the Interior Prepares to Spend $1.36 Billion

Report Number

2022–INF–050

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act authorizes $1.36 billion in appropriations for ecosystem restoration and resilience programs.

Other

Infrastructure

Other

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

October 24, 2023

Summary: NPS Employee Wrongfully Obtained Unemployment Insurance/Pandemic Unemployment Compensation

Report Number

22–0328

We found that a full-time NPS employee wrongfully obtained State unemployment insurance and Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation.

Investigation

Pandemic

National Park Service