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Reports

Theft of Funds from the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma

OIG investigated allegations of theft from the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma (SNO) through counterfeit checks associated with an account that may have contained Federal funds. Our investigation determined that multiple individuals from the Wichita, KS area cashed counterfeit checks totaling more than $20,000. The checks were made to look like they had been issued by legitimate Wichita businesses, however, the routing and bank account information printed on the checks resulted in the funds being withdrawn from an SNO bank account. The U.S.

Investigation
Bureau of Indian Affairs

, OK, United States

NPS Management Responded Appropriately to Sexual Misconduct Complaints

The OIG investigated whether National Park Service (NPS) management appropriately handled sexual misconduct complaints at a National Recreation Area (NRA) in Texas. The initial complainant reported that an employee at the NRA exposed himself to her and sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions between 2012 and 2014. The complainant alleged she reported the incidents to NPS management when they occurred, but they failed to take any action. Our investigation did not find any evidence that the complainant reported the incidents to her supervisor as she reported in her complaint.

Investigation
National Park Service

United States

BIA Manager Allegedly Sexually Harassed Three Subordinate Employees

The OIG investigated allegations that a BIA manager had sexually harassed his direct subordinate. The employee and two other women, both of whom had reported to the manager in the past, told us that he had subjected them to unwelcome and inappropriate touching or sexual remarks. The employee said the manager touched her inappropriately and made unwelcome remarks of a sexual nature to her. The second woman, also a BIA employee, said the manager had made inappropriate remarks to her when she worked for him.

Investigation
Bureau of Indian Affairs

United States

Personally Identifiable Information of 182 DOI Employees Placed at Risk

This management advisory is to alert the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to an incident we discovered in which a DOI employee unnecessarily shared a spreadsheet containing the personally identifiable information (PII) of 182 employees from a number of DOI bureaus. During a recent investigation, we learned that the DOI employee created the spreadsheet for use in internal training and then emailed it to a group of from several DOI bureaus. Because the group members all got the same spreadsheet, they were able to access the PII of employees in DOI bureaus outside their own.

Other
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

United States