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Reports

Passenger Ferry Service at Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge Met Federal Safety Requirements

Report Number
2018-FIN-058

This report presents the results of our unannounced inspection August 16, 2018, of passenger ferry safety aboard ferry service to Bulls Island in the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge, Awendaw, SC. The objective of our inspection was to determine whether Coastal Expeditions, Inc., a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) concessionaire, operated its ferry service to Bulls Island in compliance with Federal safety requirements. Specifically, each of its two vessels had a U.S.

Inspection / Evaluation
National Park Service

Awendaw, SC, United States

Passenger Ferry Service to Fort Sumter National Monument Met Federal Safety Requirements

Report Number
2018-FIN-056

This report presents the results of our unannounced inspection on August 14, 2018, of passenger ferry safety at Fort Sumter National Monument, Charleston, SC. The objective of our inspection was to determine whether Fort Sumter Tours, Inc., a National Park Service (NPS) concessionaire, operated its ferry service to Fort Sumter in compliance with Federal safety requirements. Fort Sumter Tours met all the safety requirements that we tested on three of its four vessels (the fourth was out of service). Each had a U.S.

Inspection / Evaluation
National Park Service

Charleston, SC, United States

Investigation of Misconduct and Mismanagement at Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute

Report Number
16-0807

The OIG investigated allegations of misconduct and mismanagement at Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI), a community college in Albuquerque, NM, operated and overseen by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). The complainant alleged that a SIPI manager engaged in sexual misconduct and harassment, and violated Federal travel regulations and U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) policy.

Investigation
Bureau of Indian Affairs

United States

Allegations of Conflict of Interest at Gettysburg National Military Park

Report Number
16-0879

We investigated an anonymous complaint alleging that Superintendent Ed Clark of Gettysburg National Military Park (GETT) violated ethics rules by soliciting funds on behalf of the Gettysburg Foundation, a non-Government organization; accepting Foundation-funded travel to events sponsored by the Foundation and those sponsored by other non-Government entities; and hosting a Foundation-funded dinner for his employees. We found that from February 2014 to October 2016, Clark traveled 27 times to attend events organized by the Foundation.

Investigation
National Park Service

Gettysburg, PA, United States

Records Submitted to ONRR Were Not Altered

Report Number
18-0626

The OIG investigated an allegation that altered records were submitted to the Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR). The records were submitted to ONRR by a third-party consultant on behalf of their client, a company operating Federal mineral leases, during an audit of royalty refund requests. We found no evidence that records were altered. The information in the client’s official files matched the record the consultant provided to ONRR.

Investigation
Office of Natural Resources Revenue

United States

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