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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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- Notification: EPA's Implementation of the Endocrine Disruption Screening Program
- Update to OIG Report: 'EPA's Safer Choice Program Would Benefit from Formal Goals and Additional Oversight'
- Notification: EPA's Fiscal Year 2020 Compliance with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 Project No. OA-FY21-0013
- Update to OIG Report: 'EPA Complied with Improper Payments Legislation, but Internal Controls Need Substantial Improvement to Ensure More Accurate Reporting'
- Report: Audit of EPA's Toxic Substances Control Act Service Fee Fund Financial Statements for the Period from Inception (June 22, 2016) through September 30, 2018
- Report: Data Used for Annual Toxics Release Inventory National Analysis Are 99 Percent Complete, but EPA Could Improve Certain Data Controls
- 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, 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
- 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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