Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General conducted this audit to determine whether the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board complied with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 in fiscal year 2022.

The lack of vulnerability scans increases the risk that vulnerabilities are not identified and remediated in a timely manner and could result in data loss or disruption to Agency operations.

The OIG found that the CSB was fully compliant with improper payments legislation and guidance during fiscal year 2020.

The CSB's operations are challenged by vacancies in mission-critical positions and an inability to fully use the resources allocated by Congress.

The Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which also provides oversight for the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, or CSB, contracted with the independent accounting firm SB & Company LLC to initiate an evaluation of the CSB’s compliance with the...

The lack of board members continues to be the biggest risk to CSB operations.

Allmond & Company rendered an unmodified opinion on the CSB’s financial statements for the CSB’s financial fiscal years 2022 and 2021, meaning that the statements were fairly presented and free of material misstatements.

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