The Inspector Generals Office has been
interviewing regional decision makers and staff as part of a performance
audit looking at the National Marine Fisheries Services role in Columbia
Basin salmon recovery.
A spokesperson for the Office of Inspector
General at the Dept. of Commerce in Washington D.C. said the audit had
been previously scheduled in the IGs “annual audit plan.”
Stressing that the effort was not an “investigation,”
the spokesperson said the audit will evaluate salmon …
