Environmental Protection Agency OIG

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.

This Semiannual Report to Congress reflects how the EPA OIG is achieving its mission of preventing and detecting fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement, and misconduct related to the programs and operations of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation...

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.

We are issuing this report to inform the Agency of our concerns relating to the lack of conflict-of-interest provisions and clauses in the SBIR procurement documents and to provide considerations for the EPA to strengthen its SBIR Program against fraud, waste, and abuse.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General, Administrative Investigations Directorate initiated an investigation into potentially improper expenditures made by Dr. Katherine A. Lemos.

EPA issuance of informative BEACH Act reports would allow Congress to make informed program decisions, improve program oversight, and enhance transparency.

Without timely tracking and remediation of known vulnerabilities, the Agency risks compromising the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of environmental and radiation data used for determining responses to national incidents and safeguarding first responder personnel.

The EPA can further strengthen program controls to better ensure the integrity of the RINs market and meet goals for increased use of renewable fuels.

The EPA needs to shift its focus from point sources to nonpoint sources to achieve the necessary Chesapeake Bay TMDL pollutant reduction goals.

The OIG has concerns that immediate public notifications are not being made for drinking-water lead-action-level exceedances that may pose a significant risk to public health.