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Progress Review of Recommendations for the Report Titled “Compliance, Allocated Costs, and Scholarship Awards at the Morris K. Udall and Steward L. Udall Foundation” Report No. 2015-CR-026
We completed a review of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation’s (Foundation’s) implementation of the eight recommendations presented in our 2017 audit report titled “Compliance, Allocated Costs, and Scholarship Awards at the Morris K. Udall and Steward L. Udall Foundation.” Our...
FWS Refuge Supervisor Failed to Deposit Public Donations into the U.S. Treasury
The OIG investigated allegations that a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) supervisor and a family member, also an FWS employee, mishandled and potentially embezzled cash collections and donations at an FWS refuge.Our investigation determined that the FWS employees at the refuge violated the...
FWS Employees Unlawfully Obtained and Used Protected Personnel Records
OIG investigated allegations that a U.S. Fish and Wildlife (FWS) human resource employee accessed the protected personnel files of a Federal employee without authorization, and that another unknown FWS employee removed a document from the office of a senior manager.We found that the human resource...
Indian Community Councilman Failed to Pay Lease Fees
The OIG investigated allegations that an Indian community councilman failed to pay the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) the required fees associated with farming and grazing leases on an Indian reservation.Our investigation determined the councilman failed to pay the required fees for his leases from...
Misreporting of Royalty Information Results in Civil Settlement
OIG investigated allegations that Citation Oil & Gas Corporation (Citation) misreported mineral royalty data to the Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) and underpaid Federal royalties associated with the production of coalbed methane gas from Federal wells located in Wyoming.We determined...
Investigation of Alleged Ethics Violations by a Senior DOI Official
We investigated allegations that a senior official with the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) made several comments that caused other DOI employees to question his ethics. He allegedly expressed his intent to assist two American Indian tribes he had worked with before becoming a DOI employee...
Contractors Bribed Chippewa Cree Tribal Officials
The OIG conducted a joint investigation into allegations that the owners of Encore Services, LLC and Ideal Consulting, LLC bribed Chippewa Cree Tribe (CCT) officials to sign and backdate agreements, which allowed the companies to steal millions of dollars from the CCT. We also investigated...
FWS Supervisor Allegedly Violated Conflict of Interest Ethics Law
The OIG investigated allegations that Richard Ruggiero, Chief of the Division of International Conservation (DIC), International Affairs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), may have violated Federal ethics regulations when he issued a cooperative agreement and was involved in two grants to...
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...