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GAO-22-105603 1 (2022-06-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaonej0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States June 2, 2022 The Honorable Deb Haaland Secretary Department of the Interior 1849 C Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20240 Priority Open Recommendations: Department of the Interior Dear Madam Secretary: The purpose of this letter is to provide an update on the overall status of the Department of the Interior's implementation of GAO's recommendations and call your personal attention to areas where open recommendations should be given high priority.1 In November 2021, we reported that on a government-wide basis, 76 percent of our recommendations made 4 years ago were implemented.2 Interior's recommendation implementation rate was 63 percent. As of April 2022, Interior had 62 open recommendations. Fully implementing these open recommendations could significantly improve Interior's operations. Since our June 2021 letter, Interior implemented two of our 13 open priority recommendations. In February 2022, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) updated its procedures to direct BIA regions to provide tribes with documentation on the calculations and methodologies BIA uses to identify resources available for tribes to administer certain federal programs using a self-determination contract or self-governance compact.3 In January 2022, the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) reported that they developed a plan to build schools' capacity to address health and safety issues related to facilities.4 We ask your continued attention to the 11 remaining priority recommendations that we identified in our 2021 letter. We are also adding two new priority recommendations related to improving oversight of offshore oil and gas activities and addressing strategic workforce challenges related to the reorganization of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). These new recommendations 1Priority recommendations are those that GAO believes warrant priority attention from heads of key departments or agencies. They are highlighted because, upon implementation, they may significantly improve government operation, for example, by realizing large dollar savings; eliminating mismanagement, fraud, and abuse; or making progress toward addressing a high-risk or duplication issue. 2GAO, Performance and Accountability Report: Fiscal Year 2021, GAO-22-4SP (Washington, D.C.: Nov. 15, 2021). 3GAO, Indian Programs: Interior Should Address Factors Hindering Tribal Administration of Federal Programs, GAO- 19-87 (Washington, D.C.: Jan. 3, 2019). 4GAO, Indian Affairs: Key Actions Needed to Ensure Safety and Health at Indian School Facilities, GAO-16-313 (Washington, D.C.: Mar. 10, 2016). GAO-22-105603 Interior Priority Recommendations Page 1

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