An official website of the United States government
Here’s how you know
Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock
()
or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.
The OIG audited a contract between City Construction, LLC, and the National Park Service (NPS) to determine whether City Construction and the NPS complied with the applicable Federal regulations and contract provisions from August 29, 2016, through March 21, 2018. On August 29, 2016, the NPS issued a $9,369,601 firm-fixed-price contract (Contract No.
We reviewed two recommendations presented in our April 30, 2015 report, titled Evaluation of Security Features of the Stewart Lee Udall U.S. Department of the Interior Building, to verify that the Department and its bureaus have implemented them. We confirmed that both recommendations have been resolved and implemented.
We reviewed recommendations 10, 18, and 21 presented in our September 30, 2014 report, titled Management of the Coastal Impact Assistance Program in the State of Louisiana, to verify that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has implemented them. We confirmed that the FWS met the requirements of these recommendations, and we consider all three recommendations resolved and implemented.
Verification Review – Recommendations for the Report, Evaluation of Security Features of the Stewart Lee Udall U.S. Department of the Interior Building (Report No. ER-EV-PMB-0005-2014)
Recommendations 10, 18, and 21 from the Report Titled Management of the Coastal Impact Assistance Program in the State of Louisiana (Report No. ER-IN-FWS-0010-2013)
We investigated allegations that a BIE official, when he was the principal of a BIE boarding school, had attempted to increase the school’s Federal funding by:
• Allowing or directing the enrollment of students in the school’s gifted and talented (GT) program without properly assessing them
• Submitting inaccurate student attendance records
We found that enrollment in the school’s GT program went up dramatically while the official was principal and that this increased the school’s Federal funding, but we did not find evidence that the official had directed school staff to identify GT
We audited an agreement between the Aleutian Pribilof Island Association (APIA) and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to provide clients with job training, work, and education-related opportunities that lead to employment and self-sufficiency.
During our audit, we found that APIA claimed costs that were unsupported and unallowable in accordance with the contract terms, applicable Federal laws and regulations, and BIA guidelines. We questioned $18,246 in costs claimed under the contracts and found deficiencies in APIA’s management of the contract.