Laws & Regulations
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Report: EPA Should Improve Its Oversight of Federal Agency Superfund Reviews
Report #10-P-0133, June 2, 2010. EPA does not have effective management controls to monitor the completion of Review recommendations at federal government Superfund sites.
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Report: National Environmental Policy and Quadrennial Review Needed
Report #10-P-0140, June 8, 2010. The environmental protection structure created by the National Environmental Policy Act 40 years ago has not resulted in a comprehensive approach.
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Report: Improved Data Integrity Needed for the Integrated Contracts Management System
Report #10-P-0144, June 14, 2010. EPA needs to strengthen ICMS data integrity controls to increase the reliability of the data for management reporting.
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Report: Investigation of Allegations Concerning Environmental Justice Issues in EPA Region 4
Report #10-N-0145, June 14, 2010. The OIG undertook a detailed review of the allegations to determine whether the OIG had investigative jurisdiction in terms of EPA contracts, assistance agreements, programs, or personnel involvement.
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Report: Improvements Needed in Key EPA Information System Security Practices
Report #10-P-0146, June 15, 2010. Williams Adley found that EPA program offices lacked evidence that they planned and executed tests of information system security controls as required by federal requirements.
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Report: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Inspection of the High-Rate Water Treatment Facility, City of Newark, Ohio
Report #10-R-0147, June 16, 2010. We conducted an onsite inspection of the water treatment project in the City of Newark, Ohio, in December 2009.
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Report: Response to Congressional Inquiry Concerning EPA’s Conduct Related to Draft/Proposed Legislative Amendments
Report #10-N-0148, June 21, 2010. We found no violations of law, regulation, or policy related to contact by the OCIR Associate Administrator, with either the Shell Oil Company or the Automobile Alliance, regarding Amendment Number 2530 to H.R. 2996.2.
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Report: EPA Submitted Accurate and Timely Recovery Act Financial Reports
Report #10-R-0151, June 22, 2010. EPA complied with OMB guidance and Recovery Act requirements in its weekly financial activity reporting.
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Report: Key Activities in EPA’s Integrated Urban Air Toxics Strategy Remain Unimplemented
Report #10-P-0154, June 23, 2010. EPA has not implemented key requirements of CAA Section 112(k).
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Report: Steps Needed to Prevent Prior Control Weaknesses From Affecting New Acquisition System
Report #10-P-0160, June 28, 2010. Stronger system controls over ICMS need to be addressed prior to transitioning to the new EAS.
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Report: Review of Hotline Complaint 2010-282
Report #10-P-0165, July 15, 2010. We could not substantiate the allegation of fraud; however, the actions of the employee and his supervisor were contrary to existing travel policies and were unnecessarily costly.
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Report: Agreed-Upon Procedures on EPA’s Fiscal Year 2010 Second Quarter Financial Statements
Report #10-2-0166, July 19, 2010. We performed certain agreed-upon procedures on the Agency’s FY 2010 Second Quarter Financial Statements.
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Report: Evaluation of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board’s Compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act (Fiscal Year 2009)
Report #10-P-0174, August 2, 2010. During our FY 2009 evaluation, KPMG noted that CSB does have an information security program in place that appears to be functioning as designed.
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Report: Response to Congressional Request on Signage Requirements for Projects Funded by the Recovery Act
Report #10-X-0175, August 2, 2010. EPA developed two forms of guidance that discuss the need for recipients to display a Recovery Act logo to communicate to the public that the project is a Recovery Act investment.
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Report: EPA’s Office of Research and Development Performance Measures Need Improvement
Report #10-P-0176, August 4, 2010. The difficulty of measuring research performance has been recognized by the National Research Council of the National Academies and other authoritative sources.
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Report: EPA’s Revised Hiring Process Needs Additional Improvements
Report #10-P-0177, August 9, 2010. EPA had not implemented critical technology upgrades or obtained other resources necessary for the service center concept to succeed.
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Report: EPA Needs to Improve Management Practices to Ensure a Successful Customer Technology Solutions Project
Report #10-P-0194, August 23, 2010. Although EPA indicated it could avoid spending more than $115.4 million over 8.5 years by consolidating the desktop computing environment, improved management practices are needed.
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Report: Results of Technical Network Vulnerability Assessment: EPA’s Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental Research Center
Report #10-P-0210, September 7, 2010. Vulnerability testing of EPA’s Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental Research Center network conducted in June 2010 identified Internet Protocol addresses with numerous high-risk and medium-risk vulnerabilities.
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Report: Results of Technical Network Vulnerability Assessment: EPA’s Erlanger Building
Report #10-P-0211, September 7, 2010. Vulnerability testing of EPA’s Erlanger Building network conducted in June 2010 identified Internet Protocol addresses with numerous high-risk and medium-risk vulnerabilities.
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Technical Data and Reports on Carbon Monoxide Measurements and SIP Status
EPA collects data from the states and regions on their air quality and state implementation plan (SIP) progress. This information is compiled in a database, and used to create reports, trend charts, and maps.