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- Report: EPA's FYs 2020–2021 Top Management Challenges
- Semiannual Report to Congress: October 1, 2019 – March 31, 2020
- 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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- Report expected on September 30, 2020: View the project announcement
- Report: Regions 1 and 5 Need to Require Tribes to Submit More Detailed Work Plans for Grants
- Report expected on September 30, 2020: View the project announcement
- Report: Improved EPA Oversight of Funding Recipients' Title VI Programs Could Prevent Discrimination
- Report: EPA Has Sufficiently Managed Emergency Responses During the Pandemic but Needs to Procure More Supplies and Clarify Guidance
- Report: EPA's Lack of Oversight Resulted in Serious Issues Related to an Office of Water Contract, Including Potential Misallocation of Funds
- Result of OIG Investigation: DOJ News Release - Nigerian Man Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Computer Hacking Scheme that Targeted Government Employees
- Report: Fiscal Years 2019 and 2018 Financial Statements for the Pesticide Registration Fund
- Notification: The Office of the Chief Financial Officer's Oversight, Monitoring, and Compliance with Agencywide Internal Control Requirements
- Notification: Follow-Up Audit of OIG Report No. 17-P-0368, Improved Management of the Brownfields Revolving Loan Program Is Required to Maximize Cleanups, issued August 23, 2017
- Notification: EPA's Process for Awarding, Overseeing, and Monitoring Loans Made Under the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act
- Report: EPA Needs to Improve Processes for Securing Region 8’s Local Area Network
- Report: Fiscal Years 2019 and 2018 Financial Statements for the Pesticides Reregistration and Expedited Processing Fund
- Report: Management Alert: EPA Region 5 Needs to Implement Effective Internal Controls to Strengthen Its Records Management Program
- Update to OIG Report: 'EPA Needs to Improve Management and Monitoring of Time-Off Awards'
- Update to OIG Report: 'EPA's Office of the Chief Financial Officer Lacks Authority to Make Decisions on Employee-Debt Waiver Requests'
- Update to OIG Report: 'Outdated EPA Leave Manual and Control Weaknesses Caused Irregularities in the Office of Air and Radiation's Timekeeping Practices'
- 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 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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