Report: Compendium of Open Recommendations: Data as of May 31, 2026
Report # 26-N-0050 | September 8, 2026
Why We Did This Report
The Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, requires each inspector general to prepare semiannual reports for Congress. As part of that reporting, the inspector general must identify all recommendations from the prior reporting period for which corrective actions have not been completed by the agency. We are publishing this compendium to provide an update on the recommendations that remained open as of May 31, 2026.
Summary of Findings
This compendium provides an update on the 83 resolved recommendations that we identified in our semiannual Report to Congress issued in May 2026. Our update recognizes changes in the status of recommendations that occurred after March 31, 2026, but not later than May 31, 2026. In that time frame, the EPA completed corrective actions for six of the 83 resolved recommendations listed in the semiannual report; therefore, this update analyzes 77 resolved recommendations, which represent over $265.2 million in potential cost savings. Of those 77 resolved recommendations, 38 will be at least three years old on their scheduled corrective action completion date. These 38 recommendations represent over $33.3 million in potential cost savings.
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