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

October 29, 2021

Management Advisory: Allegations of Safety and Employee Health Hazards and Excessive Flaring at the Cliffside Helium Enrichment Unit

Report Number

OI-OG-21-0640-I

We reported on allegations of safety violations and mismanagement that pose serious risk of harm to personnel, infrastructure, and the environment.

Investigation

Bureau of Land Management

, TX, United States

October 29, 2021

Summary: Unsubstantiated Allegations of False Reporting by an Offshore Oil and Gas Production Company

Report Number

21-0076

We did not substantiate allegations that an oil and gas company manipulated inspections, bypassed safety procedures, and falsified reports.

Investigation

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

October 27, 2021

Summary: Unfounded Allegations of Embezzlement by Alaska Native-Owned Company

Report Number

16-0434

We did not substantiate allegations that the executive officer of an Alaska Native-Owned Company embezzled funds from a Native Alaskan Village.

Investigation

Bureau of Indian Affairs

, AK, United States

October 22, 2021

Pandemic Purchase Card Use

Report Number

2020-FIN-073

Our inspection identified several issues with CARES Act and pandemic-related purchase card transactions made through September 30, 2020.

Inspection / Evaluation

Pandemic

Multi-Office

October 20, 2021

Recommendations From the Report Titled Bureau of Land Management’s Minerals Materials Program (C-IN-BLM-0002-2012)

Report Number

2021-CR-038

We confirmed closure of 14 of the 15 recommendations but recommended that the PFM reopen 1 recommendation to track implementation.

Review

Bureau of Land Management

October 18, 2021

Summary: A BOR Official Waived Fees for Use of a DOI Location

Report Number

19-0544

A former BOR official waived fees for a fashion show promoter to use a DOI location against previous advice from the Office of the Solicitor.

Investigation

Bureau of Reclamation

October 13, 2021

Pandemic-Related Contract Actions

Report Number

2021-FIN-010

Our inspection identified several concerns with CARES Act and pandemic-related contract actions made through October 31, 2020.

Inspection / Evaluation

Pandemic

Management and Budget

Office of Policy

United States

September 30, 2021

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Grants Awarded to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, From July 1, 2017, Through June 30, 2019, Under the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program

Report Number

2020-CR-022

We audited costs claimed by Puerto Rico’s Department of Natural and Environmental Resources under grants awarded by the FWS through WSFR.

Audit

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

United States

September 30, 2021

The U.S. Department of the Interior Needs To Improve Support for Price Reasonableness Determinations and Justifications for Sole-Source Awards

Report Number

2020-FIN-008

Across four DOI bureaus, we found issues in the preparation of price reasonableness determinations and inadequate support for sole-source justifications.

Audit

United States

September 23, 2021

Summary: Former Interior Senior Official Did Not Violate the Financial Conflict of Interest or Ethics Laws

Report Number

20-0492

We did not substantiate allegations that a now-former DOI senior official may have violated Federal ethics laws and the Federal ethics pledge.

Investigation

United States