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Report: Quality Control Review of EPA OIG Reports Issued in Fiscal Year 2016

Report #17-N-0295, June 28, 2017

What Was Found

OIG reports issued in FY 2016 demonstrated high levels of compliance with OIG quality assurance procedures and received average compliance scores of 93 percent. Most of the issues identified during the FY 2015 review have improved. The FY 2016 review noted a few additional areas for improvement.

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