EPA's Office of Inspector General
Popular
- Report: Actions Needed to Strengthen Controls over the EPA Administrator's and Associated Staff's Travel
- Semiannual Report to Congress: Oct 1, 2018 - March 31, 2019
- Report: Management Weaknesses Delayed Response to Flint Water Crisis
- Report: EPA Overpaid Invoices Due to Insufficient Contract Management Controls
- Report: Management Alert - Destruction of a Document Used to Certify Security of EPA's Budget Formulation System
Recent
- Report: EPA Region 6 Quickly Assessed Water Infrastructure after Hurricane Harvey but Can Improve Emergency Outreach to Disadvantaged Communities
- Report: EPA's Fiscal Year 2019 Management Challenges
- The OIG is accepting comments from current and former members and residents of the Montana community of Anaconda and surrounding areas regarding the U.S. EPA’s communication with residents about sampling results or other health indicators at the Anaconda Superfund Site (Anaconda Co. Smelter) in Anaconda (Deer Lodge Valley) until Wednesday, July 24. Please send emails to OIG.RiskCommunicationTeam@epa.gov with “Anaconda Superfund Site” on the subject line. Comments can also be mailed to: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Inspector General, Attn: OIG Risk Communication Team, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W., Room 2416, Mail Code: 2460T, Washington, D.C. 20460-0001.
- Notification: EPA's Use of Intergovernmental Personnel Act Assignments
- Semiannual Report to Congress: Oct 1, 2018 - March 31, 2019
- OIG News Release: EPA OIG issues report on former EPA Administrator’s travel
- Public Job Openings in the EPA's Office of Inspector General
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 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 Reports
- Investigations
- New Project Notification Memos
- Semiannual Reports
- Strategic and Annual Planning
- Management Challenges: EPA and CSB
- How We Are Organized
- OIG Video and Podcasts
- OIG Social Media
- Careers at the OIG
- 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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- Subscribe to OIG Updates
- Contact the OIG
- FAQs
- CSB
- FOIA Requests
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- CIGIE
Environmental Protection Agency | Office of Inspector General
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. (2410T) | Washington, DC 20460 | (202) 566-2391
OIG Hotline: 1-888-546-8740.