United States, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
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United States, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
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Incoming Resources
- Security of Small Purchase Electronic Data Interchange (SPEDI) local area networks (LANs)
- Superfund, state deferrals--some progress, but concerns for long-term protectiveness remain
- Superfund, RD/RA negotiation time frames
- Region 3's oversight of Safe Drinking Water Act activities
- Grant management, Region 2's management of Children's Health Risk Initiative and related projects
- City of Elizabeth, New Jersey - excess clean water state revolving funds claimed
- EPA's training assistance agreements
- Review of ORD's extramural management specialist position
- State of New Hampshire Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2005
- Complete assessment needed to ensure rural Texas community has safe drinking water, report contributors, Johnny D. Ross, Larry Dare
- EPA could improve its redistribution of Superfund payments to specific sites
- State of Utah Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, financial statements with independent auditor's report, June 30, 2002
- EPA needs better integration of the National Environmental Performance Partnership System
- Projected emission reductions overstated and buy American requirements not met under EPA award to the Tennessee Department of Transportation
- EPA can improve use of federal supply schedules when procuring services
- Impact of EPA and state drinking water capacity development efforts uncertain
- Testimony of the Honorable Nikki Tinsley, Inspector General, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency before the Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs Committee on Government Reform United States House of Representatives
- Superfund, Superfund interagency agreements
- Plans to migrate data to the new EPA acquisition system need improvement
- Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium, Inc. costs claimed under EPA Assistance Agreement Nos. X828299-01 and X828802-01
- Costs claimed by Georgia Department of Natural Resources under EPA assistance agreement no. VC984299-98
- Additional efforts needed to improve EPA's oversight of assistance agreements
- Audit of Region 9's controls over Superfund oversight cost billings
- Management assistance report, review of Region 10's Maxiflex program
- EPA grants awarded to the Rosebud Sioux Tribe
- Air, Idaho's air enforcement program
- Federal facility cleanups, improvement needed in EPA oversight of cleanup actions at the Savannah River Nuclear Facility
- Further improvements needed in the administration of RCRA civil penalties
- EPA's progress in using the government performance and results act to manage for results, special review
- EPA does not always receive adjustment vouchers from contractors
- Animal waste disposal issues
- Air, EPA and state progress in issuing Title V permits
- Washington Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, financial statements with independent auditor's report, June 30, 2001
- Pennsylvania's reporting of safe drinking water violations
- Report of investigation concerning Christine Todd Whitman, Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- EPA maximized competition for Recovery Act grants under the National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program, cancellation memorandum
- EPA should revise its grant accrual methodology to address impact of Recovery Act funds, quick reaction report
- EPA Region 6 needs to improve oversight of Louisiana's environmental programs
- Assistance agreements, pre-award management of EPA assistance agreements
- South Carolina Clean Water State Revolving Fund, financial statements with independent auditor's report, June 30, 2002
- The Clean Water Act after 37 years, recommitting to the protection of the nation's waters, statement of Wade T. Najjum, Assistant Inspector General for Program Evaluation before the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of Representatives
- Audit of EPA's fiscal 2002 and 2001 financial statements
- Grant no. X-824519-01 awarded to the National Association of Minority Contractors
- Results of hotline complaint review of EPA's antimicrobial testing program, hotline report, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Inspector General
- Final report of audit on the Maryland Department of the Environment leaking underground storage tank program
- Audit of Region 9's administration of the California air compliance and enforcement program
- South Carolina Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program, financial statements with independent auditor's report, June 30, 2002
- Superfund, environmental data quality at Superfund removal actions in Region 9
- Consolidated review of the air enforcement and compliance assistance programs
- EPA needs to more actively promote state self assessment of environmental programs
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act site visit of combined sewer overflow detention facility city of Goshen, Indiana, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Lack of final guidance on vapor intrusion impedes efforts to address indoor air risks, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General ; report contributors, Carolyn Copper ... [and others]
- CSB's information security program is not consistently implemented, improvements are needed to address rour weaknesses, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Inspector General
- EPA's handling of a proposed alternative method for measuring oil and grease in wastewater met requirements but controls need to be strengthened, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- EPA needs to improve safeguards for personally identifiable information, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- CSB needs to improve its acquisition approvals and other processes to ensure best value for taxpayers
- Results of network vulnerability assessment, EPA's Erlanger Building
- Agreed-upon procedures on EPA's fiscal year 2009 third quarter financial statements, report contributors Paul Curtis ... [and others]
- To ensure greater use of scientific equipment, the Office of Research and Development should use an enterprise approach to property management, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Improvements needed in EPA's Smartcard Program to ensure consistent physical access procedures and cost reasonableness, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Cloud oversight resulted in unsubstantiated and missed opportunities for savings, unused and undelivered services, and incomplete policies
- Selected OIG accomplishments, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- EPA needs to improve its recording and reporting of fines and penalties
- Lessons identified from prior oversight of the EPA's geographic and national estuary programs, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- EPA oversight and policy for high priority violations of Clean Air Act need improvement, report contributors, Charles Brunton ... [and others]
- Improved oversight of EPA's grant monitoring program will decrease the risk of improper payments
- The EPA is not on track to reach its national compliance initiative goals to stop aftermarket defeat devices and tampered vehicles, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- EPA needs to improve timeliness and documentation of workforce and workload management corrective actions, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- EPA needs better management of personal property in warehouses, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- EPA needs definitive guidance for Recovery Act and future green reserve projects
- EPA does not effectively control or monitor imports of hazardous waste
- Office of Inspector General access to agency information and personnel, report contributors, Rae Donaldson ... [and others]
- EPA can improve implementation of the risk management program for airborne chemical releases
- EPA's terms and conditions as well as process to award Recovery Act interagency agreements need improvement
- EPA should conduct more oversight of synthetic-minor-source permitting to assure permits adhere to EPA guidance
- Walker River Paiute Tribe needs to improve its internal controls to comply with federal regulations
- EPA Region 6 mismanaged Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act funds
- Contractor-produced report, U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board fiscal years 2022 and 2021 financial statement audit, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- EPA employees did not act consistently with agency policy in assisting an EPA grantee
- EPA activities provide limited assurance of the extent of contamination and risk at a North Carolina hazardous waste site
- Improved internal controls needed in the Gulf of Mexico Program Office, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- EPA submitted accurate and timely Recovery Act financial reports
- Review of hotline complaint on EPA's pre-award activities for multiple award contracts at the National Computer Center, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- CSB complied with reporting requirements of the improper payments elimination and Recovery Act for Fiscal Year 2014, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- EPA should improve compliance with blanket purchase agreement requirements, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Early warning report, National Service Center for Environmental Publications in Blue Ash, Ohio, spent $1.5 million to store excess publications, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- No indications of bias found in a sample of Freedom of Information Act fee waiver decisions but the EPA could improve its process
- Public release of "Rumple Report" on preliminary investigation of EPA cleanup of amphibole asbestos in Libby, Montana
- EPA Office of Inspector General Recommendations on Office of Management and Budget Guidance for Recovery Act Implementation
- Improvements needed to validate reported Energy Star benefits, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Inspector General ; report contributors Laurie Adams ... [and others]
- EPA needs to clarify its claim of "no net loss" of wetlands, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Impact of EPA's Conventional Reduced Risk Pesticide Program is declining
- The EPA did not follow agency policies in managing the Northbridge contract and potentially violated appropriations law, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- EPA needs an agencywide strategic action plan to address harmful algal blooms, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Wells Band Council needs to improve its accounting system to comply with federal regulations, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Inspector General
- Additional internal controls would improve the EPA's system for electronic disclosure of environmental violations, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- EPA can improve managing of working capital fund overhead costs [electronic resource]
- EPA has made progress in assessing historical lead smelter sites but needs to strengthen procedures
- Early warning report, not following internal controls put acquisitions at risk
- Recipient subawards to fellows did not comply with federal requirements and EPA's involvement in fellow selection process creates the appearance EPA could be circumventing the hiring process
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- United States, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General -- Statistics -- Periodicals
- United States, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General -- Standards
- United States, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General -- Accounting
- United States, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General -- Corrupt practices
- United States, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General -- Officials and employees -- Training of
- United States, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General -- Periodicals
- United States, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General -- Personnel management
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- United States, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment
- United States, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General -- Rules and practice -- Auditing
- United States, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General -- Evaluation
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act site visit of combined sewer overflow detention facility city of Goshen, Indiana, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- To ensure greater use of scientific equipment, the Office of Research and Development should use an enterprise approach to property management, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- EPA needs to measure and track performance of programs eliminated in President's budget but later funded by Congress, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Review of hotline complaint concerning the Region 4 environmental justice small grants selection process, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- CSB needs to improve its acquisition approvals and other processes to ensure best value for taxpayers
- EPA's Office of Land and Emergency Management lacked a nationally consistent strategy for communicating health risks at contaminated sites, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- EPA should consistently track Coronavirus pandemic-related grant flexibilities and implement plan for electronic grant file storage, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Early warning report, internal controls and management actions concerning John C. Beale pay issues
- EPA's Risk Assessment Division has not fully adhered to its quality management plan
- Projected emission reductions overstated and buy American requirements not met under EPA award to the Tennessee Department of Transportation
- EPA effectively planned for future remote access needs but should disconnect unneeded services in timely manner, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Corrective action plan needed in order to fully comply with the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- The EPA should improve monitoring of controls in the renewable fuel standard program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- EPA can better address risks to the security of the nation's drinking water through new authorities, plans, and information, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- EPA's oversight of state pesticide inspections needs improvement to better ensure safeguards for workers, public and environment are enforced, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- EPA has not implemented adequate management procedures to address potential fraudulent environmental data
- EPA delayed risk communication and issued instructions hindering Region 5's ability to address ethylene oxide emissions, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Inspector General
- EPA is not fully aware of the extent of its use of cloud computing technologies
- No significant residual contamination found at deleted superfund sites, but security fences were damaged at some sites
- Improvements needed in EPA training and oversight for Risk Management Program inspections, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- EPA needs to continue to improve controls for improper payment identification, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Follow-up report, EPA improves management of its radiation monitoring system
- Examination of costs claimed under American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Cooperative Agreement 2A-97706701 awarded to Grace Hill Settlement House, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Audit follow-up process needed for the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- EPA improved controls over billing reimbursable interagency agreement expenditures to other agencies, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Inspector General
- EPA needs to demonstrate whether it has achieved the goals it set under the National Petroleum Refinery Initiative, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Call center, contract management needs improvement to reduce the risk of overbilling, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Ineffective oversight of purchase cards resulted in improper purchases at EPA OIG
- Enhanced EPA oversight needed to address risks from declining Clean Air Act Title V revenues
- The EPA's residential wood heater program does not provide reasonable assurance that heaters are properly tested and certified before reaching consumers, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- EPA complied with improper payment legislation, but opportunities for improvement exist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Internal control lessons learned for Hurricane Sandy Disaster relief appropriations Act funds, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- EPA should increase fixed-price contracting for remedial actions, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Compendium of open and unresolved recommendations, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Inspector General
- EPA needs to strengthen oversight of its travel program authorization and voucher approval processes, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Inspector General
- EPA oversight addresses thermal variance and cooling water permit deficiencies but needs to address compliance with public notice requirements, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Early warning report, some EPA employees found to be on paid administrative leave for years, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Some safeguards in place for long-term care of disposed hazardous waste, but challenges remain
- EPA can help consumers identify household and other products with safer chemicals by strengthening its "Design for the Environment" Program
- EPA's National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory has taken steps to mitigate impact of coronavirus pandemic on mobile source emission compliance, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- The EPA should assess the utility of the watch list as a management tool, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Congressionally requested information on EPA utilization of integrated Risk Information System, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- The EPA needs to develop a strategy to complete overdue residual risk and technology reviews and to meet the statutory deadlines for upcoming reviews, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Unliquidated obligations resulted in missed opportunities to improve drinking water infrastructure
- EPA's key management challenges
- The EPA continues to fail to meet inspection requirements for hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- EPA needs to strengthen its purchase card approval process, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Internal controls needed to control costs of superfund technical assessment & response team contracts, as exemplified in region 7
- Improvements needed in EPA's Information Security Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- EPA compliance with retention incentive regulations and policies
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- Response to congressional inquiry regarding the EPA's emergency order to the Range Resources Gas Drilling Company
- EPA did not conduct thorough biennial user fee reviews
- Internal controls needed to control costs of emergency and rapid response services contracts, as exemplified in Region 6
- Improvements needed in estimating and leveraging cost savings across EPA
- Ineffective oversight of purchase cards results in inappropriate purchases at EPA
- Complete assessment needed to ensure rural Texas community has safe drinking water, report contributors, Johnny D. Ross, Larry Dare
- Projected emission reductions overstated and buy American requirements not met under EPA award to the Tennessee Department of Transportation
- Status of corrective actions in response to 2008 report, "Framework for developing tribal capacity needed in Indian General Assistance Program"
- The state of Colorado did not fully assure that funds intended to treat mining wastes and remove contaminants from water were effectively spent
- Early warning report, main EPA headquarters warehouse in Landover, Maryland requires immediate EPA attention, U.S. Environmental protection Agency, Office of Inspector General
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