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Reports

Verification Review – Recommendations for the Report, Improvements Needed in the Bureau of Reclamation’s Oversight of Tribal Rural Water Projects (2016-WR-026)

Report Number
2020-WR-061

We reviewed four recommendations from our 2017 evaluation report titled Improvements Needed in the Bureau of Reclamation’s Oversight of Tribal Rural Water Projects to verify whether the Bureau implemented them. We confirmed that the recommendations have been resolved and implemented.

Review
Bureau of Reclamation

A Secretary of the Credit and Finance Office Defrauded the Oglala Sioux Tribe

Report Number
15-0758

We investigated allegations that Helen Hernandez, former Secretary of the Credit and Finance Office (CFO), Oglala Sioux Tribe, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, SD, issued payroll deduction loans to herself. It was also alleged that Hernandez used other individuals’ personal information to acquire loans in their names and then used those funds for her benefit. Our investigation showed Hernandez, then the Secretary of the CFO, issued 44 checks between February 2014 and June 2015, worth approximately $42,100 in total.

Investigation
Bureau of Indian Affairs

Where’s the Money? DOI Use of CARES Act Funds as of September 30, 2020

Report Number
2020-FIN-072

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 September 30, 2020, in spending CARES Act appropriations.

Disaster Recovery Report
Pandemic
Departmentwide

Alleged Reprisal by USGS Director

Report Number
19-0360

We investigated an allegation that U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Director James Reilly retaliated against a USGS employee after the employee filed a complaint with our office about Reilly’s conduct. We substantiated the allegation. We issued a report on our investigation to the Secretary of the Interior for any action deemed appropriate.

Investigation
U.S. Geological Survey

Recommendation for Identifying, Protecting, and Ensuring Proper Handling of Tribal Data and Information

Report Number
20-0463

Several interested parties requested that we investigate whether U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) officials disclosed sensitive or confidential tribal information to entities outside the U.S. Government. Some of these individuals also alleged that DOI or U.S. Department of the Treasury employees intentionally released confidential tribal information to Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs).

Other
Departmentwide
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