United States, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
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United States, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
Name
United States
Subordinate unit
Environmental Protection AgencyOffice of the Inspector General
Actions
Incoming Resources
- Acquisition management, review of personal services
- Further improvements needed in the administration of RCRA civil penalties
- EPA does not always receive adjustment vouchers from contractors
- Animal waste disposal issues
- Audit of Region 9's controls over Superfund oversight cost billings
- Management assistance report, review of Region 10's Maxiflex program
- EPA grants awarded to the Rosebud Sioux Tribe
- Air, Idaho's air enforcement program
- Federal facility cleanups, improvement needed in EPA oversight of cleanup actions at the Savannah River Nuclear Facility
- Costs claimed under EPA grant XP9468195 awarded to the city of Flowood, Mississippi, report contributors, Richard Howard, Yeon Kim, Leah Nikaidoh
- New Hampshire Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program, financial statements with independent auditor's report, June 30, 2002
- EPA's progress in using the government performance and results act to manage for results, special review
- Air, EPA and state progress in issuing Title V permits
- Washington Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, financial statements with independent auditor's report, June 30, 2001
- Report of investigation concerning Christine Todd Whitman, Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- EPA should revise its grant accrual methodology to address impact of Recovery Act funds, quick reaction report
- EPA Region 6 needs to improve oversight of Louisiana's environmental programs
- South Carolina Clean Water State Revolving Fund, financial statements with independent auditor's report, June 30, 2002
- Audit of EPA's fiscal 2002 and 2001 financial statements
- Results of hotline complaint review of EPA's antimicrobial testing program, hotline report, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Inspector General
- Audit of Region 9's administration of the California air compliance and enforcement program
- Pennsylvania's reporting of safe drinking water violations
- EPA maximized competition for Recovery Act grants under the National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program, cancellation memorandum
- Assistance agreements, pre-award management of EPA assistance agreements
- The Clean Water Act after 37 years, recommitting to the protection of the nation's waters, statement of Wade T. Najjum, Assistant Inspector General for Program Evaluation before the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of Representatives
- Grant no. X-824519-01 awarded to the National Association of Minority Contractors
- Final report of audit on the Maryland Department of the Environment leaking underground storage tank program
- Review of ORD's extramural management specialist position
- EPA needs better integration of the National Environmental Performance Partnership System
- EPA can improve use of federal supply schedules when procuring services
- EPA's training assistance agreements
- State of New Hampshire Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2005
- Region 3's oversight of Safe Drinking Water Act activities
- Grant management, Region 2's management of Children's Health Risk Initiative and related projects
- EPA could improve its redistribution of Superfund payments to specific sites
- Projected emission reductions overstated and buy American requirements not met under EPA award to the Tennessee Department of Transportation
- City of Elizabeth, New Jersey - excess clean water state revolving funds claimed
- Superfund, Superfund interagency agreements
- Plans to migrate data to the new EPA acquisition system need improvement
- Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium, Inc. costs claimed under EPA Assistance Agreement Nos. X828299-01 and X828802-01
- Costs claimed by Georgia Department of Natural Resources under EPA assistance agreement no. VC984299-98
- Additional efforts needed to improve EPA's oversight of assistance agreements
- Impact of EPA and state drinking water capacity development efforts uncertain
- Testimony of the Honorable Nikki Tinsley, Inspector General, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency before the Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs Committee on Government Reform United States House of Representatives
- Acquisition management, contractor access to confidential data
- Science to Achieve Results (STAR) fellowship program needs to place emphasis on measuring results
- Water, Missouri's water quality standards and monitoring
- Despite progress, EPA needs to improve oversight of wastewater upgrades in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
- EPA can do more to help minimize hardrock mining liabilities
- GMPO's planning, organizing, and funding the 1995 Gulf of Mexico symposium
- No significant residual contamination found at deleted superfund sites, but security fences were damaged at some sites
- Agreed-upon procedures on EPA's fiscal year 2009 third quarter financial statements, report contributors Paul Curtis [and others]
- EPA needs to plan and complete a toxicity assessment for the Libby asbestos cleanup
- EPA needs to continue to improve controls for improper payment identification, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- EPA recovery act recipient reporting and data review process
- Improvements needed in EPA training and oversight for Risk Management Program inspections, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- New housing contract for Hurricane Katrina command post reduced costs but limited competition
- EPA needs to demonstrate whether it has achieved the goals it set under the National Petroleum Refinery Initiative, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Improvements needed in EPA's efforts to replace its core financial system
- Audit follow-up process needed for the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Enhanced EPA oversight needed to address risks from declining Clean Air Act Title V revenues
- Call center, contract management needs improvement to reduce the risk of overbilling, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Early warning report, internal controls and management actions concerning John C. Beale pay issues
- Corrective action plan needed in order to fully comply with the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Results of technical network vulnerability assessment, EPA's region 4
- EPA's Risk Assessment Division has not fully adhered to its quality management plan
- EPA's contracts and grants workforce may face future workload issues
- EPA should stop providing estimates of total labor hours to contractors, report contributors, Nancy Dao [and others]
- State of New Hampshire drinking water state revolving fund program financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2005
- Projected emission reductions overstated and buy American requirements not met under EPA award to the Tennessee Department of Transportation
- Office of Inspector General strategic plan through 2005, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Inspector General
- Improvements to EPA policies and guidance could enhance protection of human study subjects, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Examination of costs claimed under Grant AB-83363501 awarded to Lead Remediation Association of America, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- EPA's Fleet Management Program needs improvement
- Website for coal combustion products partnership conflicts with agency policies
- The EPA should improve monitoring of controls in the renewable fuel standard program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- EPA can better address risks to the security of the nation's drinking water through new authorities, plans, and information, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- EPA's human resources management system did not deliver anticipated efficiences to the share service centers, report contributors Eric Lewis, Dwayne Crawford, Rae Donaldson
- Enhanced EPA oversight and action can further protect water resources from the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act site visit of combined sewer overflow detention facility city of Goshen, Indiana, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- EPA needs to improve its process for accurately designating land as clean and protective for reuse
- EPA's handling of a proposed alternative method for measuring oil and grease in wastewater met requirements but controls need to be strengthened, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- CSB needs to improve its acquisition approvals and other processes to ensure best value for taxpayers
- Review of hotline complaint concerning the Region 4 environmental justice small grants selection process, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Development growth outpacing progress in watershed efforts to restore the Chesapeake Bay, report contributors, Anthony Chirigotis [and five others]
- Chemical fume hood testing improvements needed to reduce health and safety risk to EPA employees, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Results of network vulnerability assessment, EPA's Erlanger Building
- Improvements needed by EPA to reduce risk in employee hiring process
- Selected OIG accomplishments, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- EPA needs to improve its recording and reporting of fines and penalties
- EPA needs to improve timeliness and documentation of workforce and workload management corrective actions, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- EPA should improve its oversight of federal agency Superfund reviews, [report contributors, Carolyn Copper [and others]]
- EPA needs better management of personal property in warehouses, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- EPA needs definitive guidance for Recovery Act and future green reserve projects
- EPA does not effectively control or monitor imports of hazardous waste
- EPA can improve implementation of the risk management program for airborne chemical releases
- EPA's terms and conditions as well as process to award Recovery Act interagency agreements need improvement
- Ineffective oversight of purchase cards resulted in improper purchases at EPA OIG
- Increased emphasis on strategic sourcing can result in substantial cost savings for EPA
- Evaluation of U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board's compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act and efforts to protect sensitive agency information, (fiscal year 2006), KPMG
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- United States, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General -- Planning
- United States, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General -- Rules and practice
- United States, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General -- Personnel management
- United States, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General -- Evaluation
- United States, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General -- Accounting
- United States, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- United States, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General -- Auditing
- United States, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General -- Standards
- United States, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General -- Periodicals
- Improvements needed in EPA training and oversight for Risk Management Program inspections, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- No significant residual contamination found at deleted superfund sites, but security fences were damaged at some sites
- EPA needs to continue to improve controls for improper payment identification, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Examination of costs claimed under American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Cooperative Agreement 2A-97706701 awarded to Grace Hill Settlement House, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Enhanced EPA oversight needed to address risks from declining Clean Air Act Title V revenues
- Audit follow-up process needed for the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- EPA needs to demonstrate whether it has achieved the goals it set under the National Petroleum Refinery Initiative, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Call center, contract management needs improvement to reduce the risk of overbilling, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- EPA's Risk Assessment Division has not fully adhered to its quality management plan
- Projected emission reductions overstated and buy American requirements not met under EPA award to the Tennessee Department of Transportation
- Corrective action plan needed in order to fully comply with the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Early warning report, internal controls and management actions concerning John C. Beale pay issues
- The EPA should improve monitoring of controls in the renewable fuel standard program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- EPA can better address risks to the security of the nation's drinking water through new authorities, plans, and information, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Examination of costs claimed under Grant AB-83363501 awarded to Lead Remediation Association of America, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- EPA's Fleet Management Program needs improvement
- Improvements to EPA policies and guidance could enhance protection of human study subjects, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- EPA needs to improve its process for accurately designating land as clean and protective for reuse
- Public may be making indoor mold cleanup decisions based on EPA tool developed only for research applications, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act site visit of combined sewer overflow detention facility city of Goshen, Indiana, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Enhanced EPA oversight and action can further protect water resources from the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing
- Improvements needed in EPA's Smartcard Program to ensure consistent physical access procedures and cost reasonableness, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Development growth outpacing progress in watershed efforts to restore the Chesapeake Bay, report contributors, Anthony Chirigotis [and five others]
- Chemical fume hood testing improvements needed to reduce health and safety risk to EPA employees, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Improvements needed by EPA to reduce risk in employee hiring process
- EPA needs better management of personal property in warehouses, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Improved oversight of EPA's grant monitoring program will decrease the risk of improper payments
- EPA needs to improve timeliness and documentation of workforce and workload management corrective actions, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Walker River Paiute Tribe needs to improve its internal controls to comply with federal regulations
- EPA Region 6 mismanaged Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act funds
- Efficiency of EPA's rule development process can be better measured through improved management and information, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Ineffective oversight of purchase cards resulted in improper purchases at EPA OIG
- Labor-charging practices at the New Mexico Environment Department, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Increased emphasis on strategic sourcing can result in substantial cost savings for EPA
- Chemical import data may help EPA identify facilities that need to file or update risk management plans, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- EPA should update guidance to address the release of potentially harmful quantities of asbestos that can occur under EPA's asbestos demolition standard
- Controls over EPA's compass financial system need to be improved, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- The EPA needs to improve management of its school environmental health efforts, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Improved contract administration needed for the customer technology solutions contract, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- EPA OIG not fully compliant with overtime policies, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Audit of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act cooperative agreement 2A-00E85701 awarded to the Greater Lansing Area Clean Cities
- EPA can further reduce space in under-utilized facilities, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Internal controls needed to control costs of superfund technical assessment & response team contracts, as exemplified in region 7
- Environmental benefits being considered in award of Great Lakes grants
- Hyperspectral imaging can be a useful evaluation tool for Office of Inspector General reviews focused on contaminated land
- Audit of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act-Funded Cooperative Agreement 2S-96099601 awarded to the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- EPA does not effectively control or monitor imports of hazardous waste
- Internal control lessons learned for Hurricane Sandy Disaster relief appropriations Act funds, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- EPA should increase fixed-price contracting for remedial actions, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- EPA oversight addresses thermal variance and cooling water permit deficiencies but needs to address compliance with public notice requirements, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
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- Projected emission reductions overstated and buy American requirements not met under EPA award to the Tennessee Department of Transportation
- Ineffective oversight of purchase cards results in inappropriate purchases at EPA
- Status of corrective actions in response to 2008 report, "Framework for developing tribal capacity needed in Indian General Assistance Program"
- Improvements needed in estimating and leveraging cost savings across EPA
- EPA did not conduct thorough biennial user fee reviews
- Internal controls needed to control costs of emergency and rapid response services contracts, as exemplified in Region 6
- Response to congressional inquiry regarding the EPA's emergency order to the Range Resources Gas Drilling Company
- The state of Colorado did not fully assure that funds intended to treat mining wastes and remove contaminants from water were effectively spent
- Early warning report, main EPA headquarters warehouse in Landover, Maryland requires immediate EPA attention, U.S. Environmental protection Agency, Office of Inspector General