Congress has a responsibility to keep the Obama Administration accountable to the American people and ensure that decisions by agencies are open and transparent. A critical part of this effort is congressional oversight. The Committee is conducting thoughtful oversight on a number of specific issues and policies administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior – seeking answers to how and why policy decisions are made, who made the decision, and how it affects people, our economy and the environment. Learn more about the Committee’s oversight work below:

Key Oversight Issues:

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  Oversight of the Efforts to Develop the Eisenhower Memorial
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  Obama Administration’s Enforcement of the Bald and Golden Eagle Protect Act and Migratory Bird Treaty Act
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  Obama Administration’s Decision to Retroactively Subject Secure Rural School Funds
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  The Office of the Inspector General for the Department of the Interior
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  Obama Administration's Effort to Rewrite Regulations on Coal Production
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  Obama Administration's Decision to Add a Gulf Drilling Moratorium in the DOI Report
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  Obama Administration’s Shutdown of National Parks, Monuments, and Public Lands

Reporting Waste, Fraud, and Abuse:

Use these resources for whistle-blowers to report waste, fraud or abuse:

• House Committee on Natural Resources
  Blow the Whistle
  Help us investigate - alert the Committee of any potential waste, fraud or abuse within a federal agency or organization.

• U.S. Department of the Interior
  Inspector General

• U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
  FraudNet/Reporting Fraud