Deficiencies in the Department of the Interior OIG investigation of the Powder River Basin coal lease sale

Technical Report · Mon Jun 11 04:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:6557060

Bowsher, C A

Subsequent to the controversial Powder River Basin coal lease sale of 1982, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of the Interior investigated and reported on issues related to the sale. GAO reviewed the reports and related investigative work and found them to be inadequate and incomplete. Numerous leads were either dismissed or not pursued to reasonable conclusions, and serious discrepancies were never resolved. In GAO's view, these issues are important and still need to be addressed in a thorough manner. GAO believes the Secretary of the Interior should use GAO's report and the results of the Department's own investigation to resolve all unanswered questions and take such further actions as may be appropriate.

• Research Organization: General Accounting Office, Washington, DC (USA). Office of the Comptroller General
• OSTI ID: 6557060
• Report Number(s): GAO/RCED-84-167; ON: TI84901893
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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