# Audits, Evaluations, and Investigations

**Agency:** Interior  
**Account:** Salaries and Expenses Supplementals2 w/  
**Source document:** Office of Inspector General · p. 10  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/interior/audits-evaluations-and-investigations  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2026 | enacted | 65.0 |
| FY2027 | request | 48.5 |

## Interior discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $18.80B, FY2026 $17.30B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

Audits, Evaluations, and Investigations Change Change The FY 2027 budget request for the Office of Inspector General (OIG) is $48,500,000 and 157 FTE, a The OIG budget reflects a strategic realignment of resources to fund +$551,000 for FY 2027 fixed costs and maintain core oversight functions while maintaining fiscal constraint. OIG will continue to prioritize high-impact oversight activities that address the most significant risks and management challenges facing the Department. These challenges include: ' Oversight of Contracts, Grants, and Other Financial Assistance: Ensuring federal funds are used effectively and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. ' Deferred Maintenance: Reviewing funds, including those awarded under the Great American ' Insular Areas: Addressing a range of challenges associated with the Insular Areas, including challenges associated with supplemental funding and adherence to financial audit responsibilities. ' Supplemental Spending: Determining the level of risk involved and progress towards achieving results with the billions of dollars DOI received in supplemental funding for GAOA, IIJA, the Inflation Reduction Act, the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and the American Relief Act. ' Cybersecurity: Evaluating DOI's information security posture to safeguard sensitive data and ' Natural Resources and Energy Management: Promoting appropriate revenue collection processes to benefit the American public. ' Responsibility to Native Americans: Reviewing programs and services, particularly those associated with health and safety, that affect tribal communities to promote their effective ' Wildfire Management: Assessing extensive DOI programs intended to maintain and recruit a firefighting workforce, manage ecosystems to reduce fuels, and respond to active wildfires. OIG will also continue to fulfill mandatory activities, such as statutorily required audits and investigations, and respond to Congressional and departmental requests. OIG will conduct oversight of DOI's wide-ranging programs and operations to promote accountability and provide recommendations for improved efficiency, effectiveness, or cost-savings. OIG staff produce timely oversight reports across the breadth of issues central to DOI's mission, including stewardship of billions of taxpayer dollars, the need to safeguard sensitive data, and the responsibility to protect the safety and well-being of employees and the public. OIG will leverage risk-based planning and prioritization to ensure that its resources are directed toward areas with the greatest potential for impact. Below are statistics that were reported in the 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 OIG Semiannual Reports to Congress, as mandated by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended. This information highlights some OIG activities and outputs and their potential impact on the Department's programs and operations. Below are statistics that were reported in the 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 OIG Semiannual Reports to Congress, as mandated by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended. This information highlights some OIG activities and outputs and their potential impact on the Department's programs and operations. Impact of Investigative Activities: 11 12 11 3 Criminal Matters Referred for Prosecution 4 12 9 4 Office of Inspector General - Mandatory Activities Oversight of DOI Inspector General Oversight of DOI programs and operations to promote programs and Act of 1978 (IG economy, efficiency, and effectiveness and to prevent and operations Act), as amended, 5 detect fraud, waste, and abuse. Comptroller - Insular Areas Act of Transfers Comptroller authority and responsibility to the Financial Statement Chief Financial Requires the DOI OIG to audit or oversee annual audits of Audit Officers Act of DOI financial statements, including the Department of the 1990, Pub. L. No. Interior's financial management of Tribal and Other Trust 101-576; (31 U.S.C. Funds and Individual Indian Monies Trust Funds. Information Federal Information Directs Federal agencies to conduct annual IT security Security (FISMA) Security reviews and DOI OIG to perform or oversee annual Modernization Act independent audits of agency information security of 2014 (FISMA), programs and practices and report the results to Office of 44 U.S.C. ' 3555, Management and Budget and Congress. Improper Payments Payment Integrity Requires DOI OIG to audit agency c


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Interior › Office of Inspector General › Salaries and Expenses Supplementals2 w/ › Audits, Evaluations, and Investigations


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*