Environmental Protection Agency OIG

The EPA OIG has identified a critical control issue concerning the information security and scientific integrity of an environmental air sensor device. This critical control issue highlights the need for safeguards on remote devices procured, implemented, and operated by the Office of Research and...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of lnspector General has identified a failure to follow Agency procedure—specifically EPA Classification No. CIO 2150-P-08.2, EPA Information Procedure, Information Security – Incident Response Procedures—concerning reporting and response...

The EPA should track changes in air emissions in near port communities and develop guidance for using community group air-monitoring data.

Como parte de su misión para proteger la salud humana, la EPA comunica al público los riesgos que presentan los sitios contaminados. Sin tener información exacta, clara y oportuna, los residentes que viven en sitios contaminados o cerca de ellos no pueden tomar precauciones, si es necesario, para...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Inspector General has identified a critical vulnerability concerning software installations on EPA-furnished computers. While information security oversight is the responsibility of the EPA Office of Mission Support, the OIG has identified several...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Inspector General, Administrative Investigations Directorate, has identified several concerns regarding the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board’s compliance with U.S. Office of Personnel Management regulations and CSB board orders...

The OIG confirmed that an Office of Research and Development laboratory contractor’s inappropriate manipulation of air filter data and failure to follow applicable EPA and project guidance resulted in data for 95 air filter samples being rendered unusable. An EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and...

The CSB's operations are challenged by vacancies in mission-critical positions and an inability to fully use the resources allocated by Congress.

The Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which also provides oversight for the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, or CSB, contracted with the independent accounting firm SB & Company LLC to initiate an evaluation of the CSB’s compliance with the...

We conducted this review to provide considerations for the EPA to strengthen its corrective action certification process. When the Agency certifies to the completion of corrective actions that have not been completed, it leads to inaccurate data in the Agency’s audit tracking system, limits the OIG...