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

November 10, 2022

Independent Auditors’ Reports on the Tribal and Other Trust Funds and Individual Indian Monies Trust Funds Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2022 and 2021

Report Number

2022-FIN-031

This report details KPMG’s audit of trust funds financial statements from the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration for fiscal years 2022 and 2021.

Audit

Other

November 10, 2022

Summary: Alleged Timecard Fraud by NPS Employee

Report Number

22—0152

We investigated an allegation that an NPS supervisor improperly approved a request from a subordinate to receive pay after being suspended.

Investigation

National Park Service

October 25, 2022

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Grants Awarded to the State of Mississippi, Department of Marine Resources, From July 1, 2019, Through June 30, 2021, Under the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program

Report Number

2022-ER-001

We audited costs claimed and grant compliance by the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources under grants awarded by the FWS.

Audit

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

October 14, 2022

Availability of Administrative Funds for Land and Water Conservation Fund State Side Grants

Report Number

2021–ER–026–A

We recommended the NPS obtain updated guidance on its authority to provide LWCF grants specifically program administration costs.

Management Advisory

National Park Service

September 29, 2022

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Grants Awarded to the State of Texas, Parks and Wildlife Department, From September 1, 2018, Through August 31, 2020, Under the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program

Report Number

2021–CR–008

We audited costs claimed and grant compliance by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department under grants awarded by the FWS.

Audit

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

September 29, 2022

The Bureau of Indian Education, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians Need To Improve Accountability for Federal Funds

Report Number

2020–CGD–001

We audited three grant agreements the BIE and BIA awarded to the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians between July 2017 and June 2019.

Audit

Bureau of Indian Affairs

September 28, 2022

The Three Affiliated Tribes Did Not Account for CARES Act Funds Appropriately

Report Number

2021–FIN–032–C

We determined that the Three Affiliated Tribes did not follow applicable requirements in an agreement with the BIA.

Audit

Pandemic

Bureau of Indian Affairs

September 26, 2022

The U.S. Department of the Interior Needs To Continue To Strengthen Governance Practices To Improve Its Management of Geospatial Data

Report Number

2022–CGD–026

The DOI has made progress in meeting 10 of the 13 Geospatial Data Act requirements we reviewed but we found areas for improvement.

Audit

Office of Chief Information Officer

September 19, 2022

The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Did Not Account for CARES Act Funds Appropriately

Report Number

2021–FIN–032–A

We determined that the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe did not follow applicable requirements in its agreements with the BIA.

Audit

Pandemic

Bureau of Indian Affairs

September 14, 2022

The U.S. Department of the Interior and Its Bureaus Have Not Finalized and Implemented Their Body Camera Policies

Report Number

2021-WR-019

The DOI has not finalized its body camera policy, and not all of its bureaus have finalized and implemented their body camera policies.

Inspection / Evaluation

Departmentwide