Environmental Protection Agency OIG

In May 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General Office of Investigations initiated an investigation into allegations that an EPA-funded researcher may be associated with a Chinese talent recruitment program. Subsequently, the EPA OIG has identified a concern...

Based on a preponderance of the evidence, our investigation found that in all four matters, EPA official Joseph Goffman failed to assess whether specific parties or industries posed a potential financial conflict-of-interest prior to participation. Our investigation also found that Goffman held...

The Mississippi State Department of Health, or MSDH, did not consistently enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act or provide adequate oversight for the Jackson public water system. The MSDH does not have implementation procedures for its compliance and enforcement program. Consequently, the MSDH did not...

This compendium focuses on a total of 90 recommendations to the EPA that remained unimplemented-79 open and 11 unresolved-as of May 31, 2024. The 90 recommendations we address in this compendium represent $74.5 million in potential cost savings. The compendium includes 17 open or unresolved...

We concluded that the EPA achieved an overall maturity level of Level 3, Consistently Implemented, for the five security functions and nine domains outlined in the Office of Management and Budget's FY 2023 - 2024 Inspector General Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA)...

While the EPA followed six of the seven requirements to select recipients of Clean School Bus Program funds, the Agency did not have sufficient internal controls in place to ensure that it selected recipients with eligible school buses. Additionally, the EPA did not provide oversight to verify that...

The Clean Air Act requires delegated agencies to work with the EPA to reduce air pollution from stationary sources. From at least 2006, the EPA did not ensure that two large, delegated agencies, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, or the TCEQ, and California's South Coast Air Quality...

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, directs each head of an executive agency with more than $10 million in...

This update highlights oversight activities of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General from April 1 to June 30, 2024.

Why We Did This Report The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General performed this audit pursuant to the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act. The Act requires the EPA to prepare and the OIG to audit the accompanying financial statements of the EPA’s...