Contract Reports
Ensuring EPA uses contracts in an efficient and effective manner.
Reports Sorted by Topic: Contracts
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| Report Title | Date | Agency Response | IG Comment on Response |
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| Review of Hotline Complaint on EPA’s Pre-Award Activities for Multiple Award Contracts at the National Computer Center
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April 15, 2013 | ||
| Opportunities for EPA-Wide Improvements Identified During Review of a Regional Time and Materials Contract
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April 4, 2013 | ||
| EPA Should Increase Fixed-Price Contracting for Remedial Actions
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March 28, 2013 | ||
| Corrective Action Plan Needed in Order to Fully Comply With the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act |
March 11, 2013 | ||
| New Procedures Aided Region 5 in Reducing Unliquidated Obligations |
February 13, 2013 | ||
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of the Diversion Ditch Repair Project at the Gilt Edge Mine Superfund Site, Lawrence County, South Dakota |
July 25, 2012 | PDF - 4pp, 938KB | PDF - 1pp, 165KB |
| Great Lakes National Program Should Improve Internal Controls to Ensure Effective Legacy Act Operations, |
April 9, 2012 | ||
| EPA Should Improve Controls for Managing Contractor-Held Property, |
April 3, 2012 | ||
| EPA Superfund Contract Initiatives and Controls to Reduce Fraud, Waste, and Abuse, |
March 16, 2012 | ||
| Policies Needed for Proper Use and Management of Cost-Reimbursement Contracts Based on Duncan Hunter Act, |
March 6, 2012 | ||
| EPA Can Improve Its Improper Payments Reporting, |
March 1, 2012 | PDF - 2pp, 1,085KB | PDF - 2pp, 286KB |
| Enhanced Coordination Needed to Ensure Drinking Water State Revolving Funds Are Used to Help Communities Not Meeting Standards, |
December 1, 2011 | ||
| EPA Should Improve Policies and Procedures to Ensure Effective DCAA Audit Report Resolution, |
November 10, 2011 | ||
| EPA Needs to Reexamine How It Defines Payment Recapture Audit Program, |
July 19, 2011 | ||
| Hotline Allegations Unsubstantiated, but Region 7 Contract Administration and Award Issues Identified, |
May 4, 2011 | ||
| EPA’s Small Business Innovative Research Awards Should Include Additional Certifications to Reduce Risk, |
March 30, 2011 | ||
| EPA Can Improve the Use of Financial Monitoring Reviews for Recovery Act Superfund Contracts, |
January 31, 2011 | ||
| EPA’s Contracts and Grants Workforce May Face Future Workload Issues, |
October 25, 2010 | PDF - 3pp, 479KB | PDF - 29KB |
| EPA Effectively Reviewed Recovery Act Recipient Data but Opportunities for Improvement Exist, |
September 27, 2010 | ||
| Steps Needed to Prevent Prior Control Weaknesses From Affecting New Acquisition System, |
June 28, 2010 | ||
| Improved Data Integrity Needed for the Integrated Contracts Management System, |
June 14, 2010 | ||
| EPA Should Improve Its Contractor Performance Evaluation Process for Contractors Receiving Recovery Act Funds, |
April 26, 2010 | ||
| EPA Does Not Always Receive Adjustment Vouchers from Contractors, |
March 8, 2010 | ||
| Plans to Migrate Data to the New EPA Acquisition System Need Improvement, |
February 24, 2010 | ||
| EPA Can Improve Its Preparation and Use of Independent Government Cost Estimates for Superfund Contracts, |
February 16, 2010 | ||
| EPA Needs to Improve Cost Controls for Equipment Used during Emergencies, |
December 16, 2009 | ||
| Contractor Invoice Internal Controls Need Improvement, |
September 23, 2009 | ||
| EPA Did Not Properly Account for All Property for Implementing Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12, |
September 15, 2009 | ||
| EPA Should Stop Providing Estimates of Total Labor Hours to Contractors, |
September 9, 2009 | ||
| Assistance Agreement and Contract Recipients with Open Audit Recommendations May Affect Recovery Act Activities, |
July 14, 2009 | ||
| Open Audit Recommendations Affecting Recovery Act Activities, |
April 9, 2009 | ||
| EPA Plans for Managing Counter Terrorism/ Emergency Response Equipment and Protecting Critical Assets Not Fully Implemented, |
January 27, 2009 | ||
| EPA Can Improve the Awarding of Noncompetitive Contracts, |
June 30, 2008 | ||
| EPA Should Further Limit Use of Cost-Plus-Award-Fee Contracts, |
February 26, 2008 | ||
| Progress Made in Improving Use of Federal Supply Schedule Orders, but More Action Needed,
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September 20, 2007 | ||
| EPA Can Improve Its Managing of Superfund Interagency Agreements with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
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April 30, 2007 | ||
| New Housing Contract for Hurricane Katrina Command Post Reduced Costs but Limited Competition, |
March 29, 2007 | ||
| Interagency Agreements to Use Other Agencies’ Contracts Need
Additional Oversight, |
March 27, 2007 | ||
| Existing Contracts Enabled EPA to Quickly Respond to Hurricane Katrina; Future Improvement Opportunities Exist, |
Sept. 27, 2006 | ||
| EPA Needs to Strengthen Oversight of Government Furnished Property, |
Sept. 19, 2006 | ||
| EPA Needs to Better Implement Plan for Protecting Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources Used to Respond to Terrorist Attacks and Disasters, |
April 26, 2006 | ||
| EPA Office of Air and Radiation and Office of Water Can Further Limit Use of Level-of-Effort Contracts |
March 15, 2006 | ||
| Office of Underground Storage Tanks Has Improved Contract Administration, But Further Action Needed |
February 28, 2006 | ||
| Information Security Series: Security Practices - Integrated Contract Management System, |
January 31, 2006 | ||
| Office of Acquisition Management Can Strengthen Its Organizational
Systems |
February 17, 2005 | ||
| Response Action Contracts: Structure and Administration Need Improvement |
December 6, 2004 | ||
| The Office of Underground Storage Tanks: Contract Administration and Performance Measures
Concerns |
March 31,2004 | ||
| EPA Needs to Better Manage Counter Terrorism/Emergency Response Equipment
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March 29, 2004 | ||
| EPA Can Improve Use of Federal Supply Schedules When Procuring Services [172KB PDF] | September 29, 2003 | ||
| EPA Could Increase Savings and Improve Quality Through Greater Use of Performance-Based Service Contracts |
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| Final Status of Preliminary Research Results on Improper Contract Payments Report No. 2003-2-00003 |
January 16, 2003 | ||
| Fair Act Reports Inventory 2002 [1.56MB PDF] | November 14, 2002 | ||
| EPA's Lack of Oversight Contributed to Coordinating Committee for Automotive Repairs' Grant Management Problems |
August 22, 2002 | ||
| FAIR Act - Inventory of Commercial Activities for the EPA OIG |
November 15, 2001 | ||
| Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act - Annual Inventory of Commercial Activities FY 2000 [PDF] | June 30, 2000 | ||
| Agency's Management and Oversight of Selected Contracts Awarded to a Major EPA Contractor (6100161) [PDF] | 1996 |
