EPA's Fiscal Year 2020 Fourth-Quarter Compliance with the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014

Submitting OIG:

Report Description:

The DATA Act requires the EPA to report accurate financial and award data on USAspending.gov.

Date Issued:

Monday, November 8, 2021

Agency Reviewed / Investigated:

Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number:

22-P-0001

Location(s):

Agency-Wide

Type of Report:

Audit

Questioned Costs:

Funds for Better Use:

Number of Recommendations:

Report updated under NDAA 5274:

View Document:

Attachment	Size
oversightgovEPA-OIG2021-11-0522-P-0001.pdf	6.19 MB

Additional Details Link:

Recommendation Number	Recommendation Status	Significant Recommendation
22-P-0001_1	Open	No
Update policies and procedures to require that Awardee/Recipient Legal Entity Name and Legal Entity Address data elements match SAM.gov at the time of the award and any award modifications for all contracts and grants. At the time of any award modification, update the Agency’s contracts or grants management system and the Federal Procurement Data System with any changes to these data elements.
22-P-0001_3	Open	No
Update the EPA’s grants management system to align with the data standards of the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014, including all parts of data elements reported therein, and to allow input only of the acceptable values outlined for each data element in DATA Act Information Model Schema, Reporting Submission Specification.
22-P-0001_4	Open	No
Update the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Titles on an annual basis, as required in DATA Act Information Model Schema, Practices and Procedures, Appendix F, “Update Cadence for Data Sources.”

Recommendation Number

Recommendation Status

Significant Recommendation

Additional Details

22-P-0001_1

Open

22-P-0001_3

Open

22-P-0001_4

Open