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Reports

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program Grants Awarded to the New Jersey State Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Fish and Wildlife, From July 1, 2014, Through June 30, 2016

Report Number
2017-EXT-058

We audited the costs claimed by the New Jersey State Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Fish and Wildlife, under grants awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) through the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program. The audit included claims totaling $50.9 million on 35 grants that were open during the State fiscal years that ended June 30, 2015, and June 30, 2016.

Audit
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

, NJ, United States

Alleged Perjury By BLM Official Unfounded

Report Number
18-0327

The OIG investigated an allegation that a senior official with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) committed perjury while testifying in an official capacity at a Federal trial in 2017. In a motion to dismiss, the defense quoted a 2008 letter signed by the official that, according to the defense, proved the official’s testimony was untruthful. We confirmed that some of the official’s testimony contradicted the letter, but we found no evidence that the official knowingly provided false information during the testimony.

Investigation
Bureau of Land Management

United States

Unfounded Allegations Against an Oil and Gas Company

Report Number
17-0502

The OIG investigated allegations that an oil and gas company irregularly reported oil sold in the Vernal, UT, area to avoid paying royalties. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) also suspected that a BLM employee’s signature may have been forged on a document related to one of the company’s oil sales. Our joint investigation with the BLM’s Special Investigations Group did not substantiate either allegation. We found that the BLM had known about a measurement problem with an oil tank owned by the company since 2010 but took no action to resolve the discrepancy until 2016.

Investigation
Bureau of Land Management
Office of Natural Resources Revenue

Vernal, UT, United States

Evaluation of the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Cybersecurity Practices for Protecting Critical Infrastructure

Report Number
2017-ITA-023-A

We completed our work for the second part of our series evaluating the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s (USBR’s) operational and technical practices for protecting hydropower dams categorized as critical infrastructure from emerging cyber threats. The second part of this evaluation was limited to another USBR industrial control system that provides monitoring, alarming, and process control to ensure the safe and reliable operations of the water and power facilities for another dam. We determined that additional efforts on this project are not needed.

Other
Bureau of Reclamation

United States

The Bureau of Reclamation’s Cooperative Agreement No. R16AC00087 With the Panoche Drainage District

Report Number
2017-WR-048

At the request of the Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), we audited Cooperative Agreement No. R16AC00087 between the USBR and the Panoche Drainage District. This agreement was awarded under the statutory authority of the San Luis Act of 1960 (Pub. L. No. 86-488 § 5) to fund operation and maintenance of the San Luis Demonstration Treatment Plant (Demo-Plant) located in the San Luis Unit of California’s Central Valley Project. The purpose of the Demo-Plant is to remove salts and selenium from agricultural drain water in the San Joaquin River Water Quality Improvement Project area.

Audit
Bureau of Reclamation

, CA, United States

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