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

Date Issued

Monday, November 8, 2021

Submitting OIG

Environmental Protection Agency OIG

Other Participating OIGs

Environmental Protection Agency OIG

Agencies Reviewed/Investigated

Environmental Protection Agency

Report Number

22-P-0001

Report Description

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

Report Type

Audit

Agency Wide

Yes

Number of Recommendations

Questioned Costs

Funds for Better Use

Additional Details

Open Recommendations

This report has 3 open recommendations.

Recommendation Number	Significant Recommendation	Recommended Questioned Costs	Recommended Funds for Better Use
22-P-0001_1	No	$0	$0
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	No	$0	$0
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	No	$0	$0
Update the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Titles on an annualbasis, as required in DATA Act Information Model Schema, Practices and Procedures, Appendix F, “Update Cadence for Data Sources.”