Laws & Regulations

Report: EPA Needs a Risk-Based Strategy to Assure Continued Effectiveness of Hospital-Level Disinfectants

Report #16-P-0316, September 19, 2016. EPA-registered hospital disinfectants help suppress microbes that cause thousands of serious illnesses every year.

Report: Oregon Health Authority’s Prior Labor-Charging Practices Under EPA Grants Did Not Meet Requirements

Report #16-P-0313, September 12, 2016. The Oregon Health Authority's Public Health Division practice prior to May 2014 of charging labor hours based on budget allocations resulted in more than $12 million in unsupported costs.

Report: Follow-Up Review - EPA Updated Information for Indoor Mold Research Tools

Report #16-P-0308, September 8, 2016. Corrective actions taken by the EPA should help ensure that the public has correct information about EPA approved technology and tools for evaluating indoor mold.

Report: EPA Oversight of Travel Cards Needs to Improve

Report #16-P-0282, August 24, 2016. Improved EPA oversight could increase the agency's annual rebates by $14,000 or more.

Report: EPA Achieved Scientific Benefits When Using Reimbursable Research Agreements, but Better Estimating of In-Kind Costs Is Needed

Report #16-P-0279, August 22, 2016. Developing more reliable cost estimates for in-kind contributions can better reflect the EPA’s research contributions.

Report: EPA Region 9 Needs to Improve Oversight of San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund Grants

Report #16-P-0276, August 22, 2016. When grant documents are not received or reviewed, the risk of fraud, waste and abuse increases.

Report: EPA Has Not Met Certain Statutory Requirements to Identify Environmental Impacts of Renewable Fuel Standard

Report #16-P-0275, August 18, 2016. The EPA, Congress and other stakeholders lack key information on biofuel impacts needed to make science-based decisions about RFS.

Report: EPA Needs to Improve Oversight of Its Transit Subsidy Benefits Program

Report #16-P-0268, August 16, 2016. Weak internal controls made EPA transit subsidies of about $10 million vulnerable to potential abuse. We found at least $137,000 in unnecessary payments.

Report: CSB Has Improved Its Controls Over Purchase Cards

Report #16-P-0260, August 11, 2016. The Chemical Safety Board has lowered to low risk its purchase card program, for which it spent $302,556 in fiscal year 2015.

Report: Cybersecurity Act of 2015 Report - EPA’s Policies and Procedures to Protect Systems With Personally Identifiable Information

Report #16-P-0259, August 10, 2016. The EPA has 30 systems that contain sensitive PII. Safeguarding information and preventing system breaches are essential for ensuring the EPA retains the trust of the American public.

Report: Quality Control Review of EPA OIG Reports Issued in Fiscal Year 2015

Report #16-N-0223, July 18, 2016. OIG reports issued in FY 2015 demonstrated high levels of compliance with OIG quality assurance procedures, and received average compliance scores of 90 percent or greater.

Report: Cybersecurity Act of 2015 Report - CSB’s Policies and Procedures to Protect Systems With Personally Identifiable Information

Report #16-P-0254, August 1, 2016. CSB has one system that contains sensitive PII. Safeguarding such information in the possession of the government and preventing its breach is essential to ensuring CSB retains the trust of the American public.

Report: EPA Regional Offices Need to More Consistently Conduct Required Annual Reviews of Clean Water State Revolving Funds

Report #16-P-0222, July 7, 2016. Conducting annual reviews in accordance with applicable guidance allows EPA regions to assess state CWSRF performance, and provide for better use of the billions of dollars in CWSRF funding.

Report: Hawaii Department of Health Needs to Reduce Open Grants and Unspent Funds

Report #16-P-0218, June 28, 2016. Hawaii Department of Health needs to spend $12 million by September 30, 2016, to meet the EPA's target for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) funding utilization.

Report: EPA Improved Controls Over Billing Reimbursable Interagency Agreement Expenditures to Other Agencies

Report #16-P-0212, June 27, 2016. The EPA making a concerted effort to reduce the overall unbilled reimbursable costs, and it achieved $18 million in reductions.

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Report: EPA Region 9 Needs to Improve Oversight Over Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Consolidated Cooperative Agreements

Report #16-P-0207, June 20, 2016. More than $58 million in consolidated cooperative agreement funds is not being administered efficiently and effectively due to inadequate oversight and a lack of internal controls.