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- Semiannual Report to Congress: April 1, 2020 to September 30, 2020
- Report: EPA's FYs 2020–2021 Top Management Challenges
- Report: Management Alert - Prompt Action Needed to Inform Residents Living Near Ethylene Oxide-Emitting Facilities About Health
- "Seven Day Letter" to Administrator Wheeler: Refusals to Fully Cooperate and Provide Information for Audit and Investigation
- Report: Management Weaknesses Delayed Response to Flint Water Crisis
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- Revised Project Notification: EPA's Reporting of Its Financial and Award Data in Accordance with the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014
- Notification: Follow-Up Audit of OIG Report No. 16-P-0333, Enhanced Controls Needed to Prevent Further Abuse of Religious Compensatory Time, issued September 27, 2016
- Cancellation of Project: Office of Air and Radiation's National Center for Radiation Field Operations Preparedness
- Notification: Follow-Up Audit of Report No. 18-P-0221, Management Weaknesses Delayed Response to Flint Water Crisis, issued July 19, 2018
- Cancellation of Project: EPA's Administration of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act Program
- Update to OIG Report: 'Management Alert - Prompt Action Needed to Inform Residents Living Near Ethylene Oxide-Emitting Facilities About Health Concerns and Actions to Address Those Concerns'
- Report: U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board's Compliance in Fiscal Year 2020 with Improper Payments Legislation and Guidance
- Notification: Pandemic Impact on Authorized State RCRA Programs
- Notification: Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on EPA's Ability to Conduct Laboratory Testing and Assurance Compliance with Mobile Source Emission Standards
- Update to OIG Report: 'Improved EPA Oversight of Funding Recipients' Title VI Programs Could Prevent Discrimination'
- Report: EPA Is at Risk of Not Achieving Special Local Needs Program Goals for Pesticides
- Report: CSB's Information Security Program Is Not Consistently Implemented; Improvements Are Needed to Address Four Weaknesses
- Notification: EPA's Grant Flexibilities Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic
- Spanish Translation of OIG Report: La labor de respuesta a los huracanes Irma y María en la Región 2 demuestra la necesidad en Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes de los EE. UU. de mejorar la planificación, las comunicaciones y la asistencia para los sistemas secundarios de agua potable
- Public Job Openings in the EPA's Office of Inspector General
Expected Report Issuance
The Expected Report Issuance document reflects the most recent time frames within which we expect to issue our ongoing audit and evaluation reports. The status of those time frames is subject to change.
EPA OIG Organization Profile
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What is the EPA OIG?
- We are an independent office within the EPA that helps the agency protect the environment in a more efficient and cost effective manner.
- We perform audits, evaluations, and investigations of the EPA to promote economy and efficiency, and to prevent and detect fraud, waste and abuse.
- We strive to provide solutions to problems that ultimately result in making America a cleaner and healthier place.
What Does the OIG Do?
- Audit and Evaluation Reports
- Investigations
- New Project Notification Memos
- Semiannual Reports
- Strategic and Annual Planning
- Management Challenges: EPA and CSB
- How We Are Organized
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- IG Statements and News Releases
- Congressionally Requested Reports
- Chemical Safety Board Reports
- Congressional Testimony
- Whistleblower Protections
OIG Independence of EPA
The EPA's Office of Inspector General is a part of the EPA, although Congress provides our funding separate from the agency, to ensure our independence. We were created pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended Exit.
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