The final word on Julie MacDonald?

Julie MacDonald resigned from her position as deputy assistant secretary of the Department of Interior in April, 2007. In November 2007, the department reversed seven endangered species rulings in which she was involved because they were tainted by political pressure. In December, 2007, the Office of Inspector General announced that it was investigating 18 more.

I just learned that the Office of Inspector General released it's report last month (text PDF available via a link at the OIG web site). Here are a few key conclusions from the report:

• MacDonald's actions "potentially jeopardized the ESA decisional process In 13 of [the 20 Endangered Species Act cases reviewed]."
• "MacDonald's zeal to foster her agenda caused significant harm to the integrity of the ESA
  decision-making process, along with potential harm to FWS' reputation among its state and local sister agencies."
• MacDonald's actions resulted in the untold waste of hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars in the form of unnecessary litigation costs defending lawsuits, as well as those costs associated with redoing ESA decisions mandated by the courts.