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    The OIG identified eight top management challenges for the EPA for fiscal year 2023. 

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  • Newsletter: OIG Newsletter - July, 2023
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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.

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