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Report: Findings for Consideration in the Management of Congressional Earmarks

Report #23-N-0014, April 20, 2023

Purpose

We performed this review to highlight prior audit findings about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s administration and oversight of congressional earmarks to inform the Agency’s management of earmarks in the fiscal year 2022 budget.

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