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Reports

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

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

Report Number
2019-ER-046

We audited the costs claimed by the Kentucky Department Fish and Wildlife Resources (Department), 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 $70.6 million on 51 grants that were open during the State fiscal years that ended June 30, 2018, and June 30, 2019.

Audit
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

, KY, United States

Verification Review - Recommendations 1 – 15, 19, and 21 From the Evaluation Report Titled Condition of Indian School Facilities (C-EV-BIE-0023-2014)

Report Number
2020-CR-026

In our September 30, 2016 evaluation report, Condition of Indian School Facilities, we made 21 recommendations designed to help the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) develop promising practices to ensure that Indian school facilities are operated and maintained properly for the students. We limited the scope of this review to the 17 recommendations reported closed by the Office of Financial Management (PFM). The PFM reported to us when these 17 recommendations were addressed and provided supporting documentation.

Review
Bureau of Indian Affairs

The U.S. Department of the Interior Has Opportunities to Improve Disaster Preparedness and Response

Report Number
2018-FIN-052

This project originated from our participation on a Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) working group focused on inspecting the supplemental funding appropriated by the U.S. Congress in 2018 for necessary expenses related to the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season. We inspected the U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI’s) preparedness for and response to three storms that made landfall as major hurricanes in the United States in quick succession: Harvey, Irma, and Maria.

Audit
Departmentwide