Science & Technology

Notification: Travel Card Program Audit

Project #OA&E-FY20-0097, December 20, 2019. The OIG plans to begin fieldwork on an audit of the EPA's travel card program.

Region 7 - Public Notices

Public Notice Directory for EPA Region 7. Includes Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.

Notification: Evaluating EPA's Response to Findings from Audits and Inspections Related to Its National Enforcement Investigations Center

Project #OA&E-FY20-0099, January 8, 2020. The OIG plans to conduct an audit of the EPA's Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training corrective actions in response to internal and external audits, inspections, and documented concerns.

Notification: Region 5 Processes for Investigating Potential Loss of Records

Project #OA&E-FY20-0032, January 17, 2020. The OIG plans to begin an evaluation as a result of a 2019 OIG Hotline complaint about a data migration incident that may have resulted in the loss of records within EPA Region 5.

Notification: Evaluation of the Information Technology Support Services Performed Under the ATTAIN Contract

Project #OA&E-FY20-0107, January 24, 2020. The OIG plans to begin an evaluation as a result of the OIG researching the merits of a hotline complaint regarding information technology support services performed by ATTAIN contractors.

Notification: EPA's Adherence to Pesticide Registration Risk Assessment Regulations, Policies, and Procedures

Project #OA&E-FY20-0095, January 27, 2020. The OIG plans to begin fieldwork on the audit regarding EPA's adherence to pesticide registration risk assessment regulations, policies and procedures.

Notification: Practices for Identifying Potential Information Technology Vulnerabilities that Could Compromise EPA Systems and Data

Project #OA&E-FY20-0111, January 28, 2020. The OIG plans to begin an evaluation of EPA processes for testing its network to identify potential vulnerabilities.

Notification: Audits of EPA's Fiscal Year 2019 FIFRA and PRIA Financial Statements

Project #OA&E-FY20-0114 and OA&E-FY20-0113, February 6, 2020. The OIG plans to begin our audits of the EPA's fiscal year (FY) 2019 financial statements for the Pesticide Reregistration and Expedited Processing Fund.

Notification: Audit of EPA's Fiscal Year 2019 Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Fund Financial Statements

Project #OA&E-FY20-0115, February 6, 2020. The OIG plans to our audit of the EPA's fiscal year 2019 Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest (e-Manifest) System fund financial statements.

Notification: Effectiveness of EPA's External Civil Rights Compliance Office in Determining Title VI Compliance in Organizations Receiving EPA Funding (2nd notification)

Project #OA&E-FY19-0357, February 13, 2020. To determine whether the EPA's External Civil Rights Compliance Office has implemented an oversight system to provide reasonable assurance that organizations receiving EPA funds comply with Title VI requirements.

Notification: Office of Air and Radiation's National Center for Radiation Field Operations Preparedness

Project #OA&E-FY20-0037, February 19, 2020. The OIG plans to determine whether NCRFO has the capability to perform its current roles and responsibilities in preparing for and responding to radiological emergencies.

Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of America: Assessing the State of the Science

The presentations, panel summaries, agenda sessions transcripts, and papers prepared by session authors for the April 2006 Symposium on Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of America: Assessing the State of the Science.

Monitoring, Modeling, and Research (MMR) Workgroup Report

This MMR Strategy describes a framework for monitoring, modeling, and research activities that will support management decisions related to the HTF and its goals.

Notification: Audit of EPA's Toxic Substances Control Act Service Fee Fund Financial Statements for the Period from Inception, June 22, 2016, to September 30, 2018

Project #OA&E-FY20-0127, February 26, 2020. The OIG plans to begin our audit of the EPA's Toxic Substances Control Act Service Fee Fund financial statements for the period from inception, June 22, 2016, to September 30, 2018.

Notification: EPA's Compliance with Regulations Concerning Federal Contractors with Tax Debt

Project #OA&E-FY20-0112, March 2, 2020. The OIG plans to begin fieldwork to determine if the EPA is awarding contracts to contractors with tax debt.

Notification: EPA's Oversight of Special Local Need Registrations Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act

Project #OA&E-FY20-0123, March 16, 2020. The OIG plans to begin an evaluation regarding the EPA's oversight of Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Section 24(c) special local need registrations.