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Reports

NPS Contractor Pleaded Guilty to Wire Fraud

Report Number
15-0778

The OIG investigated allegations that a company fraudulently altered a purchase order (PO) that the National Park Service (NPS) awarded for the replacement of two fuel pumps at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The company also allegedly then issued the altered PO to a second company to perform the work. We found that Kentey Fielder, owner of the first company, falsely represented himself to a second company as an NPS employee and emailed that second company two altered POs reflecting the second company as the primary contractor on the NPS fuel pump project.

Investigation
National Park Service

October 2020 Semiannual Report to Congress

The October 2020 Semiannual Report to Congress summarizes the Office of Inspector General’s successful work completed from April 1, 2020, through September 30, 2020, to promote excellence, integrity, and accountability within the programs, operations, and management of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Our audit-related activities resulted in total monetary impacts of $18,416,069 with 83 recommendations made and 135 recommendations closed. Our investigative activities resulted in 4 indictments, 20 criminal and civil referrals, and $688,500 in civil settlements or recoveries.

Semiannual Report

Independent Auditors’ Reports on the Tribal and Other Trust Funds and Individuals Indian Monies Trust Funds Statements for Fiscal Years 2020 and 2019

Report Number
2020-FIN-027

This report details KPMG’s findings of its audit of financial statements from the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians (OST) for fiscal years 2020 and 2019. The OST financial reports contain financial statements and notes for Tribal and Other Trust Funds (Tribal) and Individual Indian Monies Trust Funds (IIM). KPMG issued a qualified opinion, consistent with prior years, on the Tribal financial statements because it was unable to satisfy itself as to the fairness of trust fund balances. KPMG issued an unmodified opinion on the IIM financial statements.

Audit
Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians

NPS Employee Misused Government-Owned Vehicle

Report Number
19-0512

The OIG investigated an allegation that a National Park Service (NPS) employee misused an assigned Government Owned-Vehicle (GOV) by taking it home overnight on multiple occasions without authorization. We found that the employee routinely used the assigned GOV as a home-to-work vehicle without prior, written authorization as required by 41 C.F.R. § 102.5 and NPS policy.

Investigation
National Park Service

Inspector General’s Statement Summarizing the Major Management and Performance Challenges Facing the U.S. Department of the Interior, FY 2020

Report Number
2020-ER-043

In accordance with the Reports Consolidation Act of 2000, we are submitting what we have determined to be the most significant management and performance challenges facing the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), for inclusion in the DOI’s Agency Financial Report for fiscal year 2020. Given the broad effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on not only the DOI but the United States as a whole during this fiscal year, we have modified our approach for this year’s report to feature a detailed analysis of the DOI’s pandemic response.

Top Management Challenges
Departmentwide
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