Environmental Protection Agency

This report summarizes Office of Inspector General work and accomplishments from April 1 through September 30, 2023.

This report summarizes what the inspector general considers to be “the most serious management and performance challenges facing the agency” and briefly assesses the Agency’s progress in addressing those challenges.

We found the EPA’s financial statements to be fairly presented and free of material misstatement.

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.