Report: EPA Asserts Statutory Law Enforcement Authority to Protect Its Administrator but Lacks Procedures to Assess Threats and Identify the Proper Level of Protection
Report #18-P-0239, September 4, 2018
What Was Found
Failure to properly justify the level of protective services provided to the Administrator has allowed costs to increase from $1.6 million to $3.5 million in just 11 months.
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- Report at a Glance (pdf)
- Full Report (pdf)
- Update: EPA Response to Report (Aug 29, 2019) (pdf)
- Update: EPA Response to Report (Oct 4, 2019) (pdf)
- Update: IG Comment on EPA Response (Jan 7, 2020) (pdf)
- Update: EPA Response to Report (March 31, 2020) (pdf)
- Update: IG Comment on EPA Response (May 19, 2020) (pdf)
- Update: EPA Response to Report (Oct 14, 2020) (pdf)
- Update: IG Comment on EPA Response (Nov 19, 2020) (pdf)
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