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Report: The EPA Failed to Complete Corrective Actions as Certified to Address OIG Recommendations

Report #22-N-0061, September 30, 2022

We conducted this review to provide considerations for the EPA to strengthen its corrective action certification process. When the Agency certifies to the completion of corrective actions that have not been completed, it leads to inaccurate data in the Agency’s audit tracking system, limits the OIG’s assurance that the corrective actions reported by the Agency are reliable, and may give the public and Congress the wrong impression regarding the EPA’s progress in addressing OIG recommendations.

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  • Transmittal Memo (pdf) (193.61 KB)
  • Full Report (pdf) (8.2 MB)

This report relates to: Project #OA-FY22-0072

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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.

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