Lessons Learned for CARES Act Awards
Lessons Learned for CARES Act Awards
Reports
DOI OIG CARES Act Oversight Plan
In March 2020, the President signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) for response and relief related to COVID-19. The Act provided the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) with $756 million to support the Bureau of Reclamation, Insular Affairs, Indian Affairs, Indian Education, and Department operations.
Oversight of the DOI’s CARES Act spending is critical to safeguard health and safety, water, and Indian education.
DOI OIG CARES Act Oversight Plan
DOI OIG CARES Act Oversight Plan
Refuge Volunteers Misused Government Housing at Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge
We investigated allegations that U.S. Fish and Wildlife (FWS) volunteers at Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge allowed guests to utilize Government housing, against FWS policy. We also investigated the circumstances surrounding the termination of two other volunteers from the refuge.
We determined that two volunteers permitted guests to reside in Government housing on the refuge for several days, in violation of FWS policy and without authorization from refuge officials. We also found that refuge officials had a sufficient basis to terminate the two other volunteers from the refuge.
Refuge Volunteers Misused Government Housing at Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge
Refuge Volunteers Misused Government Housing at Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge
U.S. Department of the Interior Followed Office of Management and Budget Guidance for Shutdown Plans During 2018 – 2019 Lapse in Appropriations
We reviewed actions the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and three of its bureaus took during the longest partial Government shutdown in U.S. history (from December 22, 2018, through January 25, 2019). Our objective was to determine whether the three DOI bureaus—the National Park Service, the U.S.
IBC Mistakenly Paid More Than $300,000 to the Wrong Entity
The OIG investigated an allegation that an information technology services contractor intentionally diverted a payment made by the Interior Business Center (IBC) away from the contractor’s assignee—an entity to which the contractor owed money—into its own bank account. As a result, the IBC paid the contractor instead of the assignee, and the U.S.
U.S. Department of the Interior Followed Office of Management and Budget Guidance for Shutdown Plans During 2018 – 2019 Lapse in Appropriations
Interior Followed OMB Guidance for Shutdown Plans During 2018 – 2019 Lapse in Appropriations
IBC Mistakenly Paid More Than $300,000 to the Wrong Entity
IBC Mistakenly Paid More Than $300,000 to the Wrong Entity
Where’s the Money? DOI Use of CARES Act Funds, As of April 28, 2020
On March 27, 2020, the President signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). Among its provisions, the CARES Act provided the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) with $756 million to support the needs of DOI programs, bureaus, Indian Country, and the Insular Areas.
This report presents the DOI’s progress as of April 28, 2020, in spending CARES Act appropriations.