Consumer Product Safety Commission

In fiscal year 2025, CPSC staff obligated funds, through various interagency agreements, without having properly delegated authority to do so. Although we found no indicia of fraud, waste, abuse, or other criminal activity, the unauthorized obligations constitute non-monetary loss improper payments.

This is an annual report to Congress regarding the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC) efforts to prevent and protect trafficking victims in 2025 in accordance with the Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2022.

The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) requires that the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission annually provide to the appropriate congressional committees the findings, conclusions, and recommendations from our reviews and audits performed...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) OIG retained KPMG, LLP (KPMG), an independent public accounting firm, to perform the independent audit of the CPSC’s financial statements for fiscal year (FY) 2025 in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States. This...

Today, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Inspector General released their semiannual report for the reporting period ending September 30, 2025. The report is part of the semiannual requirement to communicate OIG oversight activities of the CPSC to Congress and the American people...

In accordance with the Reports Consolidation Act of 2000, the Inspector General is providing information on what he considers to be the most serious management and performance challenges facing the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in fiscal year 2026. Congress left the determination and...

We received an anonymous hotline complaint in January 2025 asking the Office of Inspector General to investigate a conflict of interest involving two senior CPSC officials at the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) OIG retained Williams, Adley, & Co.-DC LLP (Williams Adley, we), an independent public accounting firm, to perform the independent assessment of the CPSC’s implementation of FISMA for FY 2025 and to determine the effectiveness of its information...

In June 2024, at our request, the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) found and provided us 36 matches for U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) employees who were connected to federal government pandemic relief loans. Pursuant to the commitment of the Office of Inspector...

Today, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Inspector General released their semiannual report for the reporting period ending March 31, 2025. The report is part of the semiannual requirement to communicate OIG oversight activities of the CPSC to Congress and the American people.