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Reports

Where’s the Money? DOI Use of CARES Act Funds as of August 31, 2020

Report Number
2020-FIN-068

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 August 31, 2020, in spending CARES Act appropriations.

Disaster Recovery Report
Pandemic
Departmentwide

United States

The National Park Service Did Not Oversee Its General Agreements

Report Number
2019-CR-035

We evaluated the National Park Service’s (NPS’) general agreements (GAs) to determine if the NPS oversees its GAs to ensure compliance with policies and governing laws. We found that the NPS did not oversee its GAs to ensure compliance with policies and governing laws. The NPS did not maintain a central inventory for its GAs and was unaware of the number of active GAs.

Audit
National Park Service

Recommendations 1 – 3 and 6 – 8 From the Evaluation Report Titled, The Bureau of Indian Education Is Not Ensuring That Background Checks at Indian Education Facilities Are Complete (Report No. 2017-WR-024)

We reviewed 6 of the 11 recommendations from our 2018 evaluation report titled, The Bureau of Indian Education Is Not Ensuring That Background Checks at Indian Education Facilities Are Complete, to verify whether the Bureau of Indian Education implemented them. We confirmed that Recommendations 1 – 3 and 6 – 8 have been resolved and implemented.

Review
Bureau of Indian Affairs

Recommendations for the Report Titled Stronger Internal Controls Needed Over Indian Affairs Loan Guarantee Program (Report No. 2016-CR-036)

Report Number
2020-CR-031

We reviewed the 13 recommendations from our 2017 report titled Stronger Internal Controls Needed Over Indian Affairs Loan Guarantee Program to verify whether the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development implemented them. We confirmed that the 13 recommendations have been resolved and implemented.

Review
Bureau of Indian Affairs

Recommendations for the Report Titled U.S. Department of the Interior’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program Not Yet Capable of Providing Complete Information for Enterprise Risk Determinations (Report No. ISD-IN-MOA-0004-2014-I)

Report Number
2020-ER-048

We reviewed Recommendations 1, 2, 5, and 6 from our 2016 report titled U.S. Department of the Interior’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program Not Yet Capable of Providing Complete Information for Enterprise Risk Determinations to verify whether the OCIO implemented them. We consider Recommendations 1, 2, 5, and 6 resolved and implemented.

Review
Departmentwide