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Reports

Unfounded Allegations of Theft, Kickbacks, and Contractor Collusion at BIA Facility

Report Number
16-0277

The OIG investigated allegations that two Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) employees sold stolen BIA equipment to a contractor, and that another BIA employee provided sensitive procurement information to a contractor in exchange for kickbacks. We found no evidence to support either allegation. Regarding the first allegation, the BIA facility did not have a tracking system in place during the time of the alleged theft, so we could not determine whether BIA owned the property alleged to have been stolen.

Investigation
Bureau of Indian Affairs

United States

No Fraud Found in Dam Security Contract

Report Number
17-0569

The OIG investigated allegations that U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) employees improperly awarded a sole-source security services contract at a dam, received kickbacks for rigging the contract bidding process, and approved inflated invoices. Our investigation found no evidence that USBR employees improperly awarded the contract or received kickbacks for rigging the contract bidding process. We referred the allegations of inflated invoices to our Office of Audits, Inspections, and Evaluations, which audited the contract for compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Investigation
Bureau of Reclamation

United States

Verification Review of Recommendations for the Report Titled “U.S. Department of the Interior’s Internal Controls for Purchase Cards and Fleet Cards” (2015-ER-011)

Report Number
2018-ER-031

We completed a verification review of Recommendations 2 and 3 presented in our September 2016 evaluation report titled “U.S. Department of the Interior’s Internal Controls for Purchase Cards and Fleet Cards” (2015-ER-011). Our objective was to determine whether the U.S. Department of the Interior and its bureaus had taken sufficient action to implement the recommendations as reported to the Office of Financial Management (PFM), Office of Policy, Management and Budget. The PFM reported to us that it closed the recommendations.

Other
Departmentwide

Alleged Conflict of Interest by a DOI Grant Official Unfounded

Report Number
17-0926

The OIG investigated an allegation that a DOI grant official had a conflict of interest because she owned a consulting company that assisted people in obtaining grants. We found no evidence of a conflict of interest. The official’s consulting company had no revenue, clients, or employees; the official only intended to consult on non-Federal grants; and the official disclosed her company on her required annual financial disclosure form.

Investigation
Departmentwide

United States

Sanco Operating/Sanders Oil and Gas Company Agreed to Pay Federal Royalties Owed to BLM

Report Number
16-0865

The OIG investigated allegations that Sanco Operating/Sanders Oil and Gas (Sanco) failed to report gas production and underreported gas sales from a Federal mineral lease, which resulted in a loss of royalties owed to the Government. We conducted a joint investigation with the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Special Investigations Group and found that Sanco stopped paying Federal royalties to the Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) in 2010 and failed to report gas production from August 2010 through December 2016.

Investigation
Bureau of Land Management
Office of Natural Resources Revenue

, CO, United States

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