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Report: Early Warning Report - Some EPA Employees Found to Be on Paid Administrative Leave for Years

Report #15-N-0025, November 19, 2014.

What We Found

We provided to the EPA Administrator data on eight employees who had recorded significant amounts of administrative leave. The amount of administrative leave recorded by these eight employees totaled 20,926 hours and cost the government an estimated $1,096,868.

Report Materials

Podcast: Report Overview with Leah Nikaidoh MP3: Report Overview with Leah Nikaidoh (mp3)

Report At A Glance (pdf) (133.55 KB)
Full Report (pdf) (508.22 KB)
Agency Response to Report (pdf) (386.47 KB)
IG Comment on Agency Response (pdf) (196.02 KB)

Report: Early Warning Report - Some EPA Employees Found to Be on Paid Administrative Leave for Years

What We Found

Report Materials​​

EPA OIG Podcasts

Office of Inspector General

Report Materials