EPA's Office of Inspector General
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- Report: EPA Needs to Improve Management and Monitoring of Time-Off Awards
- "Seven Day Letter" to Administrator Wheeler: Refusals to Fully Cooperate and Provide Information for Audit and Investigation
- Report: EPA Can Improve Incident Readiness with Better Management of Homeland Security and Emergency Response Equipment
- Report: EPA Unable to Assess the Impact of Hundreds of Unregulated Pollutants in Land-Applied Biosolids on Human Health
- Report: Management Weaknesses Delayed Response to Flint Water Crisis
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- Report: Management Controls Needed to Verify and Report Border 2020 Program Accomplishments
- Report: CSB's Information Security Program Is Defined, but Improvements Needed in Risk Management, Identity and Access Management, and Incident Response
- Result of OIG Investigation: DOJ News Release - Man from Tucson, Arizona sentenced to 18 months in prison for sending letters threatening to kill Albuquerque police officers
- Notification: Audit of EPA's Fiscal Year 2019 Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Fund Financial Statements
- Notification: Audits of EPA's Fiscal Year 2019 FIFRA and PRIA Financial Statements
- Spanish Translation of OIG Report: La EPA necesita mejorar su planificación ante emergencias para abordar de mejor manera problemas relacionados con la calidad del aire durante futuras catástrofes
- EPA Updated Response to OIG Report: 'Management Alert - Unapproved Use of Slag at Anaconda Co. Smelter Superfund Site'
- Expected Report Issuance: January 2020
- 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
Visit our organization profile page to see organizational performance data such as payroll statistics, ROI, recoveries, fines, environmental impact and other potential benefits of EPA OIG work.
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 and Evaluation 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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Environmental Protection Agency | Office of Inspector General
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OIG Hotline: 1-888-546-8740.