Notification: Response to Congressional Request Over Concerns with EPA Access to Witness Testimony Prior to Hearing
Project #OA&E-FY19-0313, August 29, 2019
The OIG is initiating an evaluation based on a congressional request that expressed concerns that the EPA obtained advance access to testimony by an environmental science and policy expert before the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology on May 23, 2017.
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