Environmental Protection Agency

Why We Did This Report Under the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-452), as amended, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General reports to the Congress semiannually on its activities. Summary This report summarizes EPA Office of Inspector...

Why We Did This Report The Government Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2012, Pub. L. 112-194, and Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-123, Appendix B, A Risk Management Framework for Government Charge Card Programs, direct that the head and inspector general of each executive agency...

Why We Did This Report The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General is issuing this report to notify the Agency of concerns identified during an investigation so that it may consider measures for improvement regarding scientific integrity and ethical conduct. Summary of...

Why We Did This Report The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General has identified concerns regarding the installation and use of unauthorized software, specifically jiggler software, on EPA computers and networks. Commonly referred to as “mouse jigglers,” jiggler software...

Why We Did This Report The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General conducted this evaluation to determine whether the EPA’s oversight and implementation of air quality monitoring resulted in underreported air pollution. Summary of Findings Our statistical analyses indicate...

Why We Did This Report The Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, requires each inspector general to prepare semiannual reports for Congress. As part of that reporting, the inspector general must identify all recommendations from the prior reporting period for which corrective actions have not...

Why We Did This Report The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General received an allegation of whistleblower reprisal under 41 U.S.C. § 4712 from a former employee of an EPA grantee. The complainant alleged that she was terminated in December 2023 in retaliation for making...

Why We Did This Report The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General initiated this project to describe the lessons we have identified from select EPA OIG and U.S. Government Accountability Office, or GAO, oversight reports to help inform the EPA’s future efforts to prepare...

Why We Did This Report The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General conducted this audit to determine to what extent the EPA National Center for Radiation Field Operations, or NCRFO, has the capability—including appropriate management and internal control, resources, and...

Why We Did This Report In response to a congressional request, our objective was to determine whether the fiscal year 2021 Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving, or EJCPS, Program was achieving project objectives and whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s monitoring of...