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OIG Reports

Following is a listing of all reports issued by the Office of Inspector General.

Reports by Year

Special Reports

Congressionally Requested and Chemical Safety Board Reports

What is the EPA OIG?

The Office of Inspector General is an independent organization that performs audits and investigations of the EPA and its contractors to detect and prevent fraud, waste and abuse. Learn more

Report Corrections

Any time the OIG corrects a report post-issuance, the report link in the listing below will be accompanied by a correction notation for a period of two weeks.

2018 OIG Reports

Date Title Publication Number Environmental Goal(s) Report Teams
June 15, 2018 Annual Plan for the EPA and CSB - FY 2018 (updated with the 2nd Half of FY 2018)     OM
June 4, 2018 Fiscal Year 2018 U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Management Challenges 18-N-0208 U.S. Chemical Safety Board EF
May 31, 2018 Operational Efficiencies of EPA's Human Resources Shared Service Centers Not Measured 18-P-0207 Operating efficiently and effectively EF
May 30, 2018 Atlanta Is Largely in Compliance with Its Combined Sewer Overflow Consent Decree, but Has Not Yet Met All Requirements 18-P-0206 Ensuring clean and safe water W
May 29, 2018 Semiannual Report to Congress: Oct 1, 2017 - March 31, 2018 EPA-350-R-18-001    
May 15, 2018

EPA Did Not Identify Volkswagen Emissions Cheating; Enhanced Controls Now Provide Reasonable Assurance of Fraud Detection

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 18-P-0181 Improving air quality, Compliance with the law ER
May 9, 2018 EPA Region 5 Needs to Better Protect Information Technology Property, and Areas for Agencywide Improvement Exist 18-P-0176 Operating efficiently and effectively EF
May 9, 2018 CSB Complied With Improper Payments Legislation Requirements for Fiscal Year 2017 18-P-0175 U.S. Chemical Safety Board EF
May 8, 2018 EPA's Fiscal Year 2018 Management Challenges 18-N-0174    
Apr 16, 2018 Management Alert: Salary Increases for Certain Administratively Determined Positions 18-N-0154 Operating efficiently and effectively FO
Apr 16, 2018 EPA Complied With Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act Requirements 18-P-0153 Compliance with the law C
Apr 9, 2018 EPA's Safe and Sustainable Water Resources Research Program Is Delivering Timely and Relevant Data to the Office of Water 18-P-0151 Ensuring clean and safe water, Improving EPA research programs ER
Mar 16, 2018 EPA Did Not Use Allegedly Flawed Studies to Estimate Methane Emissions or Set New Source Performance Standards for Oil and Natural Gas Production 18-P-0129 Improving air quality A
Feb 28, 2018 Differences in Processing Practices Could Decrease the Reliability of Ozone Data Used for Assessing Air Quality to Protect Public Health 18-P-0105 Improving air quality A
Feb 20, 2018

EPA Can Achieve Better Value by Complying With Performance-Based Contract Requirements

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 18-P-0089 Operating efficiently and effectively C
Feb 15, 2018 EPA Needs to Evaluate the Impact of the Revised Agricultural Worker Protection Standard on Pesticide Exposure Incidents 18-P-0080 Ensuring the safety of chemicals, Compliance with the law T
Feb 13, 2018 EPA Can Better Manage State Pesticide Cooperative Agreements to More Effectively Use Funds and Reduce Risk of Pesticide Misuse 18-P-0079 Ensuring the safety of chemicals T
Jan 24, 2018 Follow-Up Review - EPA Completed OIG Recommendations for Superfund Site in Libby, Montana 18-P-0074 Cleaning up and revitalizing land SP
Jan 18, 2018

EPA Has Not Reported to Congress on BEACH Act Progress as Statutorily Required or Fully Documented Budget Decisions  

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 18-P-0071 Ensuring clean and safe water, Compliance with the law W
Jan 12, 2018 Inconsistencies With EPA Policy Identified in Region 10's Biweekly Pay Cap Waiver Process 18-P-0068 Compliance with the law, Operating efficiently and effectively FO

2017 OIG Reports are available.

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GAGAS and Non-GAGAS Reports

Reports from October 2016 and later marked with a P, F or A in their report number follow GAGAS, Exitofficial examination standards established by the federal government. This sign of quality ensures the integrity, objectivity and independence of our work. 

Reports marked with an N signify the limited “non-GAGAS” work that reflects back on our recent recommendations to highlight the impact of our oversight mission.

Report Type Middle Character (i.e., 17-X-001)
GAGAS-compliant reports P, F, A
Non-GAGAS-compliant reports N

Report Teams

  • A - Air 
  • CSB - US Chemical Safety Board 
  • C - Contracts and Assistance Agreement
  • EF - Efficiency
  • FA - Financial
  • FO - Forensic
  • IRM - Information Resources Management
  • L - Land Cleanup and Waste Management
  • OM - Office of Management
  • SP - Special Programs (prev SPR)
  • ER - Environmental Research (prev ERP)
  • T - Toxics, Chemical Management and Pollution Prevention 
  • W - Water

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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OIG Hotline: 1-888-546-8740.

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