NPS Employee Misused Government Purchase Card
NPS Employee Misused Government Purchase Card
Reports
Oil Producers Pay $1.7 Million for Trespass on Federal Railroad Right-of-Way in Colorado
The OIG investigated allegations that Extraction Oil and Gas (EXT) drilled multiple horizontal wellbores through a railroad right-of-way (ROW) in Weld County, CO, containing Federal minerals without first obtaining a Federal lease or drilling permit.
We found that three companies (EXT, Mineral Resources, Inc., and PDC Energy, Inc.) illegally drilled oil wells through a railroad ROW and produced unleased Federal minerals. Based on our investigation, the U.S.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Grants Awarded to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Game Commission, From July 1, 2016, Through June 30, 2018, Under the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program
We audited the costs claimed by the Pennsylvania Game Commission under grants awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) through the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program. The audit included claims totaling approximately $82.7 million on 17 grants that were open during the State fiscal years that ended June 30, 2017, and June 30, 2018.
Verification Review – Recommendations From the Report Titled, Recommendations for the Report Titled, Information Security Weaknesses at a Core Data Center Could Expose Sensitive Data (Report No. 2016-ITA-021)
We considered Recommendation 5 resolved and implemented and Recommendations 1 – 4 and 6 – 8 resolved but not implemented. We referred those seven recommendations to the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget to track their implementation.
Where’s the Money? DOI Use of CARES Act Funds as of October 31, 2020
On March 27, 2020, the President signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). 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 October 31, 2020, in spending CARES Act appropriations.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Grants Awarded to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Division of Marine Fisheries, From July 1, 2017, Through June 30, 2019, Under the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program
We audited the costs claimed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Division of Marine Fisheries, under grants awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) through the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program. We conducted this audit to determine whether the Division used grant funds and fishing license revenue for allowable fishing activities and complied with applicable laws and regulations, FWS guidelines, and grant agreements.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Grants Awarded to the Commonwealth of Virginia, Marine Resources Commission, From July 1, 2017, Through June 30, 2019, Under the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program
We audited the costs claimed by the Commonwealth of Virginia, Marine Resources Commission, under grants awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) through the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program. We conducted this audit to determine whether the Commission used grant funds and State fishing license revenue for allowable fish activities and complied with applicable laws and regulations, FWS guidelines, and grant agreements.
Verification Review – Recommendations for the Report Titled, Information Security Weaknesses at a Core Data Center Could Expose Sensitive Data (Report No. 2016-ITA-021)
Recommendations From the 2016 Report on Information Security Weaknesses
Where’s the Money? DOI Use of CARES Act Funds as of October 31, 2020
Where’s the Money? DOI Use of CARES Act Funds as of October 31, 2020
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Grants Awarded to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Division of Marine Fisheries, From July 1, 2017, Through June 30, 2019, Under the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program
WSFR Grants Awarded to the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2019