Laws & Regulations

Report: Incurred Cost Audit of Three EPA Cooperative Agreements Awarded to National Tribal Environmental Council, Inc.

Report #10-4-0067, February 17, 2010. The recipient’s work plans do not include a description of the recipient’s goals or objectives for its participation in the Western Regional Air Partnership and National Tribal Air Association.

Report: Regional Public Liaison Program Needs Greater Focus on Results and Customer Awareness

Report #09-P-0176, June 24, 2009. OSWER’s RPL program does not sufficiently focus on or measure specific outputs and outcomes and is not consistently implemented across offices.

Report: Audit of EPA’s Fiscal 2009 and 2008 (Restated) Consolidated Financial Statements

Report #10-1-0029, November 16, 2009. We noted the three material weaknesses and eight significant deficiencies.

Report: Response to EPA Administrator’s Request for Investigation into Allegations of a Cover-up in the Risk Assessment for the Coal Ash Rulemaking

Report #10-N-0019, November 2, 2009. We closed this investigation because we found no evidence warranting additional inquiry into the rulemaking process for CCW disposal in landfills or surface impoundments.

Report: EPA Needs to Improve Physical Security at Its Offices in Las Vegas, Nevada

Report #10-P-0059, February 3, 2010. EPA needs to improve physical security at its Las Vegas facilities. The Las Vegas Finance Center’s (LVFC’s) server room and other key areas are susceptible to unauthorized access by personnel not a part of LVFC.

Report: EPA Can Improve Managing of Working Capital Fund Overhead Costs

Report #09-P-0129, March 30, 2009. While we did not identify any significant cost savings for the WCF, we did identify two areas requiring management attention.

Report: Office of Inspector General Access Survey Results

Report #09-P-0079, January 13, 2009. The results of our survey disclosed significant lack of knowledge about the Agency’s policies with regard to interaction with the OIG, and numerous requests for training in this area by survey respondents.

Report: Improved Management of Superfund Special Accounts Will Make More Funds Available for Clean-ups

Report #09-P-0119, March 18, 2009. EPA had not used about $65 million in Superfund special accounts that were available because it lacked some management controls.

Report: Results of Hotline Complaint Review of EPA’s Antimicrobial Testing Program

Report #09-P-0152, May 27, 2009. We found that the allegation against EPA’s ATP was unsubstantiated.

Report: Audit of EPA Passport ControlsEPA Needs Procedures to Address Delayed Earmark Projects

Report #10-P-0081, March 22, 2010. Some SAAP funds were still unobligated 5 years after Congress appropriated them.

Report: Assistance Agreement and Contract Recipients with Open Audit Recommendations May Affect Recovery Act Activities

Report #09-X-0196, July 14, 2009. As of June 30, 2009, EPA used Recovery Act funding to award one assistance agreement and one contract to recipients with open recommendations.

Report: Examination of Costs Claimed under EPA Grant X96906001 Awarded to Walker Lake Working Group, Hawthorne, Nevada

Report #10-2-0054, January 6, 2010. The grantee did not meet financial management requirements specified by Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part 30 and Title 2 Code of Federal Regulations Part 30.

Report: EPA Did Not Properly Account for All Property for Implementing Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12

Report #09-P-0233, September 15, 2009. EPA generally recorded HSPD-12 property accurately in EPA’s Fixed Assets Subsystem (FAS).

Report: EPA’s Human Resources Management System Did Not Deliver Anticipated Efficiencies to the Shared Service Centers

Report #09-P-0206, August 11, 2009. The EPA SSC initiative lacked the necessary management controls to achieve efficiency and effectiveness.

Report: EPA Has Improved Efforts to Reduce Unliquidated Obligations in Superfund Cooperative Agreements, But a Uniform Policy Is Needed

Report #09-P-0241, September 22, 2009. The regions audited (Regions 3, 5, and 8) have implemented effective procedures to adequately monitor the status of obligations under Superfund Cooperative Agreements.

Report: EPA Recovery Act Recipient Reporting and Data Review Process

Report #10-R-0020, October 29, 2009. We believe the Agency sufficiently designed its internal controls to detect material omissions and significant reporting errors.

Report: Self-reported Data Unreliable for Assessing EPA’s Computer Security Program

Report #10-P-0058, February 2, 2010. The oversight and monitoring procedures for ASSERT provide limited assurance the data are reliable for assessing EPA’s computer security program.

Report: Public Release of "Rumple Report" on Preliminary Investigation of EPA Cleanup of Amphibole Asbestos in Libby, Montana

Report #09-N-0146, April 28, 2009. On April 21, 2009, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) filed a lawsuit against the Office of Inspector General (OIG) seeking the release of the “Rumple Report.”

Report: EPA Can Improve Its Process for Establishing Peer Review Panels

Report #09-P-0147, April 29, 2009. Certain areas of EPA operating guidance can be better defined.

Report: EPA Action Needed to Ensure Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Projects Meet the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Deadline of February 17, 2010

Report #10-R-0049, December 17, 2009. Facing a myriad of challenges, EPA and the States used various approaches to mitigate the risk that projects may not meet the ARRA deadline.