Environmental Protection Agency

Without enforcing established access control requirements, the EPA puts the chemical data, which IRIS users rely upon to inform scientifically sound environmental regulations and policies, at risk of unauthorized changes.

Attention to U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) management challenges could result in stronger results and protection for the public, and increased confidence in management integrity and accountability.

Monitoring of quality controls is an ongoing, periodic assessment of work needed to ensure compliance with the OIG’s system of quality control.

Ineffective physical and environmental protection controls place CSB’s investigative data at risk of theft, loss or damage.

The CSB received an unmodified opinion on its fiscal year 2015 financial statements.

The effectiveness of the CSB’s information security program is challenged by its lack of personal identity verification cards for logical access, complete system inventory, and documented policies and procedures for specialized security training.

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is fully compliant with the reporting requirements of improper payments legislation.

By not following Federal Acquisition Regulation requirements, the CSB’s $125,000 Vantage contract was at risk for mismanagement.

The lack of internal guidance and implementation of controls puts the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board's (CSB) $11 million budget at risk.

Summaries of employee integrity investigation cases closed during the semiannual reporting period noted.