U.S. Interior Secretary fails to provide papers in travel probe: inspectorWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Interior Department has failed to provide documentation needed for an internal probe of Secretary Ryan Zinke’s travels, the department’s inspector general said on Thursday. “Our investigation has been delayed by absent, or incomplete documentation for several pertinent trips,” Mary Kendall, the department’s deputy inspector general, said in a letter sent this week to David Bernhardt, the department’s deputy secretary. The letter was published on the department’s web site. The inspector general launched an investigation of Zinke’s travels after reports emerged in September that he had used a private plane owned by oil executives. The probe was launched after the inspector general received numerous complaints about Zinke’s travels, including the use of three chartered flights. One of those flights, taken in June from Las Vegas to near Zinke’s hometown in Montana, cost taxpayers over $12,000, according to a Washington Post report. Kendall’s letter said her office had received full cooperation from all employees it had contacted, but that “we have found the documentation and adherence to departmental travel policies deficient and without proper management oversight and accountability.” It said many authorizations and vouchers required for Zinke’s travel have yet to be completed and processed. It requested documentation no later than Dec. 11 for the secretary and his wife, Lolita Zinke, when she accompanied him on government travel.  The letter also complained that the department’s travel review process failed to include proper documentation and accountability.  The Interior Department had no comment, but referred to a  letter, also published on the web site, from Bernhardt responding to Kendall. In a speech at conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation in September, Zinke denied inappropriate travel and said his travels were approved by “career employees” of the Interior Department’s ethics office. He called reports about his use of chartered private flights “a little B.S.” Bernhardt said in his letter that additional documents for the probe had been sent to the inspector general’s office earlier in the month. He said the department will work to provide available documentation for Zinke’s travel and said he appreciated recommendations by Kendall on travel procedures for the secretary’s immediate office. Bernhardt also said that Zinke and he had “inherited an organizational and operational mess” from the Obama administration. He said department travel procedures were the same under Obama. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin have also come under scrutiny over reports of expensive private plane use.  politicsNews
interior secretary fails provide papers travel probe inspectorwashington reuters the interior department failed provide documentation needed internal probe secretary ryan zine travels department inspector general said thursday our investigation delayed absent incomplete documentation several pertinent trips mary randall department deputy inspector general said letter sent week david bernard department deputy secretary the letter published department web site the inspector general launched investigation zine travels reports emerged september used private plane owned oil executives the probe launched inspector general received numerous complaints zine travels including use three chartered flights one flights taken june las vegas near zine hometown montana cost taxpayers according washington post report randall letter said office received full cooperation employees contacted found documentation adherence departmental travel policies deficient without proper management oversight it said many authorization vouchers required zine travel yet completed processed it requested documentation later secretary wife polite zine accompanied government travel the letter also complained department travel review process failed include proper documentation accountability the interior department comment referred letter also published web site bernard responding randall in speech conservative think tank heritage foundation september zine denied inappropriate travel said travels approved career employees interior department ethics office he called reports use chartered private flights little bernard said letter additional documents probe sent inspector general office earlier month he said department work provide available documentation zine travel said appreciated recommendations randall travel procedures secretary immediate office bernard also said zine inherited organizational operational mess obama administration he said department travel procedures obama epa administrator scott print treasury secretary steve mnuchin also come scrutiny reports expensive private plane use politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: U.S. Interior Secretary fails to provide papers in travel probe: inspectorWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Interior Department has failed to provide documentation needed for an internal probe of Secretary Ryan Zinke’s travels, the department’s inspector general said on Thursday. “Our investigation has been delayed by absent, or incomplete documentation for several pertinent trips,” Mary Kendall, the department’s deputy inspector general, said in a letter sent this week to David Bernhardt, the department’s deputy secretary. The letter was published on the department’s web site. The inspector general launched an investigation of Zinke’s travels after reports emerged in September that he had used a private plane owned by oil executives. The probe was launched after the inspector general received numerous complaints about Zinke’s travels, including the use of three chartered flights. One of those flights, taken in June from Las Vegas to near Zinke’s hometown in Montana, cost taxpayers over $12,000, according to a Washington Post report. Kendall’s letter said her office had received full cooperation from all employees it had contacted, but that “we have found the documentation and adherence to departmental travel policies deficient and without proper management oversight and accountability.” It said many authorizations and vouchers required for Zinke’s travel have yet to be completed and processed. It requested documentation no later than Dec. 11 for the secretary and his wife, Lolita Zinke, when she accompanied him on government travel.  The letter also complained that the department’s travel review process failed to include proper documentation and accountability.  The Interior Department had no comment, but referred to a  letter, also published on the web site, from Bernhardt responding to Kendall. In a speech at conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation in September, Zinke denied inappropriate travel and said his travels were approved by “career employees” of the Interior Department’s ethics office. He called reports about his use of chartered private flights “a little B.S.” Bernhardt said in his letter that additional documents for the probe had been sent to the inspector general’s office earlier in the month. He said the department will work to provide available documentation for Zinke’s travel and said he appreciated recommendations by Kendall on travel procedures for the secretary’s immediate office. Bernhardt also said that Zinke and he had “inherited an organizational and operational mess” from the Obama administration. He said department travel procedures were the same under Obama. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin have also come under scrutiny over reports of expensive private plane use.  politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: interior secretary fails provide papers travel probe inspectorwashington reuters the interior department failed provide documentation needed internal probe secretary ryan zine travels department inspector general said thursday our investigation delayed absent incomplete documentation several pertinent trips mary randall department deputy inspector general said letter sent week david bernard department deputy secretary the letter published department web site the inspector general launched investigation zine travels reports emerged september used private plane owned oil executives the probe launched inspector general received numerous complaints zine travels including use three chartered flights one flights taken june las vegas near zine hometown montana cost taxpayers according washington post report randall letter said office received full cooperation employees contacted found documentation adherence departmental travel policies deficient without proper management oversight it said many authorization vouchers required zine travel yet completed processed it requested documentation later secretary wife polite zine accompanied government travel the letter also complained department travel review process failed include proper documentation accountability the interior department comment referred letter also published web site bernard responding randall in speech conservative think tank heritage foundation september zine denied inappropriate travel said travels approved career employees interior department ethics office he called reports use chartered private flights little bernard said letter additional documents probe sent inspector general office earlier month he said department work provide available documentation zine travel said appreciated recommendations randall travel procedures secretary immediate office bernard also said zine inherited organizational operational mess obama administration he said department travel procedures obama epa administrator scott print treasury secretary steve mnuchin also come scrutiny reports expensive private plane use politicsnews