Office of Inspector General

2011 OIG Reports

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Following is a chronological listing of all reports issued by the Office of Inspector General in 2011.

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Date	Title	Publication Number	Report Teams
Dec 29, 2011	EPA Needs to Manage Nanomaterial Risks More Effectively	12-P-0162
Dec 29, 2011	Close-Out of Hotline Complaint on Unreasonable Cost Increase to the Wastewater Treatment Facility Improvements, Perkins, Oklahoma	12-X-0161	FO
Dec 28, 2011	Training Contractor Not Promptly Paid Under Purchase Order EP07H001074	12-P-0160	SPR
Dec 14, 2011	Early Warning Report: Use of Unapproved Asbestos Demolition Methods May Threaten Public Health	12-P-0125	SPR
Dec 9, 2011	EPA Must Improve Oversight of State Enforcement	12-P-0113	FO
Dec 8, 2011	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of the Elizabeth City Well Field Expansion Project, Elizabeth City, North Carolina	12-R-0109
Dec 5, 2011	Semiannual Report to Congress, April 1-September 30, 2011	EPA-350-R-11-036
Dec 1, 2011	Enhanced Coordination Needed to Ensure Drinking Water State Revolving Funds Are Used to Help Communities Not Meeting Standards	12-P-0102
Nov 22, 2011	Close-Out of Complaint on Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Incurring Inappropriate Expenses on Recovery Act Projects	12-X-0090
Nov 21, 2011	Congressionally Requested Information on the Status and Length of Review for Appalachian Surface Mining Permit Applications	12-P-0083
Nov 21, 2011	Fiscal Year 2012 Annual Plan
Nov 15, 2011	Audit of EPA's Fiscal 2011 and 2010 Consolidated Financial Statements	12-1-0073	FA
Nov 10, 2011	Agreed-Upon Procedures Applied to EPA Grants Awarded to Summit Lake Paiute Tribe, Sparks, Nevada	12-2-0072	FO
Nov 10, 2011	EPA Should Improve Policies and Procedures to Ensure Effective DCAA Audit Report Resolution	12-P-0071
Nov 9, 2011	Fiscal Year 2011 Federal Information Security Management Act Report: Status of EPA's Computer Security Program	12-P-0062
Oct 31, 2011	Compendium of Unimplemented Recommendations as of September 30, 2011	12-N-0034	OCOS
Sept 30, 2011	Region 9 Technical and Computer Room Security Vulnerabilities Increase Risk to EPA’s Network	11-P-0725
Sept 29, 2011	EPA Should Prepare and Distribute Security Classification Guides	11-P-0722
Sept 27, 2011	EPA Progress on the 2007 Methamphetamine Remediation Research Act	11-P-0708
Sept 26, 2011	EPA Should Clarify and Strengthen Its Waste Management Oversight Role With Respect to Oil Spills of National Significance	11-P-0706
Sept 26, 2011	EPA's Contract Oversight and Controls Over Personal Computers Need Improvement	11-P-0705
Sept 26, 2011	Procedural Review of EPA's Greenhouse Gases Endangerment Finding Data Quality Processes	11-P-0702
Sept 23, 2011	EPA Should Update Its Fees Rule to Recover More Motor Vehicle and Engine Compliance Program Costs	11-P-0701
Sept 23, 2011	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of Wastewater Treatment Plant- Phase II Improvements Project, City of Ottawa, Illinois	11-R-0700
Sept 23, 2011	Ageed-Upon Procedures on EPA's Fiscal Year 2011 Third Quarter Financial Statements	11-2-0699	FA
Sept 22, 2011	EPA Should Bill Superfund Oversight Costs More Timely	11-P-0697
Sept 21, 2011	EPA Should Improve Timeliness for Resolving Audits Under Appeal	11-P-0687	EF
Sept 14, 2011	EPA Needs Workload Data to Better Justify Future Workforce Levels	11-P-0630
Sept 13, 2011	EPA Has Not Fully Implemented a National Emergency Response Equipment Tracking System	11-P-0616	EF
Sept 9, 2011	Results of Technical Vulnerability Assessment: EPA's Directory Service System Authentication and Authorization Servers	11-P-0597
Aug 25, 2011	Revisions Needed to National Contingency Plan Based on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill	11-P-0534
Aug 25, 2011	EPA's Gulf Coast Oil Spill Response Shows Need for Improved Documentation and Funding Practices	11-P-0527
Aug 24, 2011	EPA and States Should Strengthen Oversight of Clean Water State Revolving Fund Recovery Act Projects	11-R-0519
Aug 3, 2011	Observed Conditions at Five Deleted Superfund Sites	11-P-0433
Aug 3, 2011	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of the Tower Chemical Superfund Site, Clermont, Lake County, Florida	11-R-0431
Aug 3, 2011	An Overall Strategy Can Improve Communication Efforts at Asbestos Superfund Site in Libby, Montana	11-P-0430
Aug 3, 2011	Results of Technical Network Vulnerability Assessment: EPA's National Health & Environment Effect Research Laboratory, Western Ecology Division	11-P-0429
July 22, 2011	Office of Research and Development Should Increase Awareness of Scientific Integrity Policies	11-P-0386
July 21, 2011	EPA's Voluntary Chemical Evaluation Program Did Not Achieve Children's Health Protection Goals	11-P-0379
July 19, 2011	EPA Needs to Reexamine How It Defines Payment Recapture Audit Program	11-P-0362
July 14, 2011	Office of Research and Development Needs to Improve Its Method of Measuring Administrative Savings	11-P-0333
July 6, 2011	Agency-Wide Application of Region 7 NPDES Program Process Improvements Could Increase EPA Efficiency	11-P-0315
June 29, 2011	Agreed-Upon Procedures on EPA's Fiscal Year 2011 Second Quarter Financial Statements	11-2-0300	FA
June 23, 2011	EPA Has Taken Steps to Address Cyber Threats but Key Actions Remain Incomplete	11-P-0277
June 23, 2011	Region 4 Should Strengthen Oversight of Georgia's Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation Program	11-P-0274
June 23, 2011	EPA Actively Evaluating Effectiveness of Its BP and Enbridge Oil Spill Response Communications	11-P-0273
June 7, 2011	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of the Clifton Street Sewer Separation and Water Main Replacement Projects, Portland, Maine	11-R-0248
May 25, 2011	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of Las Marias Potable Water System Phase IIA Project, Las Marias, Puerto Rico	11-R-0241
May 24, 2011	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of Sanitary Sewer System Improvements, Ingenio Community, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico	11-R-0233
May 23, 2011	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of the La Plata Water Treatment Plant Phase II Project, Aibonito, Puerto Rico	11-R-0232
May 16, 2011	EPA Should Reduce Unliquidated Obligations Under Expense Reimbursement Grants	11-P-0228
May 10, 2011	EPA Needs to Strengthen Management Controls Over Its Travel Authorization Process	11-P-0223
May 9, 2011	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of the Wastewater Treatment Facility Expansion, Town of Buckeye, Arizona	11-R-0222
May 9, 2011	Oversight of North Carolina's Renewals of Thermal Variances	11-P-0221
May 4, 2011	Hotline Allegations Unsubstantiated, but Region 7 Contract Administration and Award Issues Identified	11-P-0217
May 3, 2011	EPA's Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program Should Establish Management Controls to Ensure More Timely Results	11-P-0215
May 2, 2011	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of the Wastewater Treatment Facility Improvements Project, Perkins, Oklahoma	11-R-0214
May 2, 2011	Agreed Upon Procedures on EPA's Fiscal Year 2011 First Quarter Financial Statements	11-2-0213
Apr 29, 2011	Compendium of Unimplemented Recommendations as of March 31, 2011	11-N-0212
Apr 12, 2011	EPA's Plan to Reduce Agency Greenhouse Gas Emissions Is on Track to Meet Executive Order 13514 Requirements	11-P-0209
Apr 11, 2011	EPA Faced Multiple Constraints to Targeting Recovery Act Funds	11-R-0208
Mar 30, 2011	EPA’s Small Business Innovative Research Awards Should Include Additional Certifications to Reduce Risk	11-N-0199
Mar 29, 2011	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of Water System Improvement Project, Waleska, Georgia	11-R-0193
Mar 29, 2011	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of the Comprehensive Sewer System Rehabilitation, Subsystem PS-5, Saugus, Massachusetts	11-R-0192
Mar 28, 2011	EPA Needs to Better Document Project Delays for Recovery Act Diesel Emission Reduction Act Grants	11-R-0179
Mar 23, 2011	EPA Promoted the Use of Coal Ash Products With Incomplete Risk Information	11-P-0173
Mar 22, 2011	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of the Denver Street Storage Project, City of Astoria, Oregon	11-R-0172
Mar 21, 2011	EPA Needs an Agency-Wide Plan to Provide Tribal Solid Waste Management Capacity Assistance	11-P-0171
Mar 15, 2011	EPA Region 3 Reduced Unliquidated Obligations Under Water Program Assistance Agreements	11-P-0170
Mar 14, 2011	Improvements Needed in EPA's Network Traffic Management Practices	11-P-0159
Mar 10, 2011	Fiscal Year 2010 and 2009 Financial Statements for the Pesticide Registration Fund	11-1-0157
Mar 10, 2011	Fiscal Year 2010 and 2009 Financial Statements for the Pesticides Reregistration and Expedited Processing Fund	11-1-0156
Mar 8, 2011	Evaluation of U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board's Compliance With the Federal Information Security Management Act (Fiscal Year 2010)	11-P-0148
Mar 1, 2011	EPA Should Improve Guidance and Oversight to Ensure Effective Recovery Act-Funded Diesel Emissions Reduction Act Activities	11-R-0141
Feb 22, 2011	EPA Needs Better Agency-Wide Controls Over Staff Resources	11-P-0136
Feb 15, 2011	Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Did Not Take Effective Corrective Actions on Prior Audit	11-P-0115	FA
Feb 14, 2011	EPA Must Implement Controls to Ensure Proper Investigations Are Conducted at Brownfields Sites	11-P-0107
Feb 7, 2011	EPA Could Improve RCRAInfo Data Quality and System Development	11-P-0096
Feb 3, 2011	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Inspection of Sewer System Improvement Projects, City of Parma, Ohio	11-R-0083
Feb 1, 2011	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Inspection of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund Projects at the City of Long Beach, California	11-R-0082
Jan 31, 2011	EPA Can Improve the Use of Financial Monitoring Reviews for Recovery Act Superfund Contracts	11-R-0081
Jan 19, 2011	EPA Did Not Fully Comply With Guidance Regarding OMB Circular A-123 Unliquidated Obligation Reviews	11-1-0069
Jan 18, 2011	EPA Should Further Connect the National Program Manager Process With Federal Guidance on Internal Control Risks	11-P-0067
Jan 10, 2011	Congressionally Requested Inquiry Into EPA's Handling of Freedom of Information Act Requests	11-P-0063
Jan 5, 2011	Vapor Intrusion Health Risks at Bannister Federal Complex Not a Concern for Buildings 50 and 52, Unknown for Other Buildings	11-P-0048

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Report Teams

A - Air
CSB - US Chemical Safety Board
C - Contracts and Assistance Agreement
EF - Efficiency
FA - Financial
FO - Forensic
IRM - Information Resources Management
L - Land Cleanup and Waste Management
OM - Office of Management
SP - Special Programs (prev SPR)
ER - Environmental Research (prev ERP)
T - Toxics, Chemical Management and Pollution Prevention
W - Water

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