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2018 OIG Reports

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Following is a chronological listing of all reports issued by the Office of Inspector General in 2018.

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2018 OIG Reports

Date	Title	Publication Number	Environmental Goal(s)	Report Teams
Dec 14, 2018	EPA's Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Program Needs Additional Internal Controls	19-P-0045	Operating efficiently and effectively	EF
Dec 13, 2018	Crow Tribe Public Water Systems Concerns	19-N-0044	Ensuring clean and safe water	W
Dec 12, 2018	Annual Plan for Fiscal Year 2019			OM
Dec 4, 2018	City of Houston Complied with Clean Water State Revolving Fund Requirements	19-P-0041	Ensuring clean and safe water, Partnering with states and other stakeholders	FO
Nov 30, 2018	Semiannual Report: April 1, 2018 - September 30, 2018	EPA-350-R-18-003
Nov 15, 2018	EPA Unable to Assess the Impact of Hundreds of Unregulated Pollutants in Land-Applied Biosolids on Human Health and the Environment	19-P-0002	Cleaning up and revitalizing land	L
Nov 14, 2018	Audit of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board's Fiscal Years 2018 and 2017 Financial Statements	19-F-0004	U.S. Chemical Safety Board	FA
Nov 14, 2018	EPA's Fiscal Years 2018 and 2017 Consolidated Financial Statements	19-F-0003	Operating efficiently and effectively	FA
Nov 6, 2018	EPA Law Enforcement Availability Pay Properly Certified but Controls over Process Could Be Improved	19-P-0001	Compliance with the law, Operating efficiently and effectively	FO
Oct 4, 2018	OIG Strategic Plan 2019-2023			OM
Sept 28, 2018	Management Alert - EPA's Incident Tracking System Lacks Required Controls to Protect Personal Information	18-P-0298	Operating efficiently and effectively	IRM
Sept 26, 2018	EPA Paid $14.5 Million to Foreign Fellows that Could Have Funded Research by U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents	18-P-0288	Improving EPA research programs	C
Sept 25, 2018	Collecting Additional Performance Data from States Would Help EPA Better Assess the Effectiveness of Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Programs	18-P-0283	Improving air quality	A
Sept 25, 2018	Measures and Management Controls Needed to Improve EPA's Pesticide Emergency Exemption Process	18-P-0281	Ensuring the safety of chemicals	T
Sept 18, 2018	Delayed Cleanup of Asbestos Debris at the Old Davis Hospital Site Necessitates Changes for EPA Region 4 and North Carolina	18-P-0271	Cleaning up and revitalizing land, Partnering with states and other stakeholders	SP
Sept 17, 2018	EPA Needs to Re-Evaluate Its Compliance Monitoring Priorities for Minimizing Asbestos Risks in Schools	18-P-0270	Compliance with the law, Partnering with states and other stakeholders	SP
Sept 12, 2018	Management Alert - EPA Oversight of Employee Debt Waiver Process Needs Immediate Attention	18-P-0250	Operating efficiently and effectively	FO
Sept 5, 2018	EPA Can Strengthen Its Process for Revising Air Quality Dispersion Models that Predict Impact of Pollutant Emissions	18-P-0241	Improving air quality	A
Sept 5, 2018	EPA Needs a Comprehensive Vision and Strategy for Citizen Science that Aligns with Its Strategic Objectives on Public Participation	18-P-0240	Improving EPA research programs	ER
Sept 4, 2018	EPA Asserts Statutory Law Enforcement Authority to Protect Its Administrator but Lacks Procedures to Assess Threats and Identify the Proper Level of Protection	18-P-0239	Operating efficiently and effectively	FO
Aug 30, 2018	EPA's June 2018 Issuance of the Delayed Notice of Availability of Farm Worker Protection Training Materials Will Reduce Risks of Injury and Illness	18-P-0238	Ensuring the safety of chemicals	T
Aug 28, 2018	Without a Process for Monitoring Sensitive Data, EPA Region 4 Risks Unauthorized Access to File Servers and Share Folders	18-P-0234	Compliance with the law, Operating efficiently and effectively	IRM
Aug 22, 2018	EPA Needs to Finish Prioritization and Resource Allocation Methodologies for Abandoned Uranium Mine Sites on or Near Navajo Lands	18-P-0233	Cleaning up and revitalizing land	L
Aug 20, 2018	EPA's Purchase Card and Convenience Check Program Controls Are Not Effective for Preventing Improper Purchases	18-P-0232	Operating efficiently and effectively	C
Aug 16, 2018	Without E-Invoicing and Stronger Payment Process Controls, EPA Is Placing $1.2 Billion at Risk Annually	18-P-0231	Operating efficiently and effectively	EF
Aug 6, 2018	OIG Office of Investigations' Records Demonstrate Compliance with Law Enforcement Availability Pay Requirements	18-B-0228		FO
July 31, 2018	Incomplete Oversight of State Hazardous Waste Rule Authorization Creates Regulatory Gaps and Human Health and Environmental Risks	18-P-0227	Partnering with states and other stakeholders	L
July 27, 2018	EPA’s Chemical Data Reporting Rule Largely Implemented as Intended, but Opportunities for Improvement Exist	18-P-0226	Ensuring the safety of chemicals, Compliance with the law	T
July 20, 2018	EPA Completed OIG Recommendations for the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards Program but Lacks Controls over Use of Unverified Results	18-P-0222	Operating efficiently and effectively	SP
July 19, 2018	Management Weaknesses Delayed Response to Flint Water Crisis	18-P-0221	Ensuring the safety of chemicals, Compliance with the law	W
July 12, 2018	EPA Complied with the Statement of Federal Financial Accounting Standards No. 47 and Treasury Financial Manual, Part 2, Chapter 4700	18-P-0220	Compliance with the law	FA
July 9, 2018	Quality Assurance Review of EPA OIG Reports Issued in Fiscal Year 2017	18-N-0219
July 3, 2018	CSB Purchase Card Program at Low Risk for Unauthorized Purchases	18-P-0218	U.S. Chemical Safety Board	EF
June 21, 2018	Management Alert - To Minimize Risk of Environmental Harm, the Security Categorization of Electronic Manifest System Data Needs to Be Re-Evaluated	18-P-0217	Ensuring clean and safe water	IRM
June 15, 2018	Annual Plan for the EPA and CSB - FY 2018 (updated with the 2nd Half of FY 2018)			OM
June 4, 2018	Fiscal Year 2018 U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Management Challenges	18-N-0208	U.S. Chemical Safety Board	EF
May 31, 2018	Operational Efficiencies of EPA's Human Resources Shared Service Centers Not Measured	18-P-0207	Operating efficiently and effectively	EF
May 30, 2018	Atlanta Is Largely in Compliance with Its Combined Sewer Overflow Consent Decree, but Has Not Yet Met All Requirements	18-P-0206	Ensuring clean and safe water	W
May 29, 2018	Semiannual Report to Congress: Oct 1, 2017 - March 31, 2018	EPA-350-R-18-001
May 15, 2018	EPA Did Not Identify Volkswagen Emissions Cheating; Enhanced Controls Now Provide Reasonable Assurance of Fraud Detection	18-P-0181	Improving air quality, Compliance with the law	ER
May 9, 2018	EPA Region 5 Needs to Better Protect Information Technology Property, and Areas for Agencywide Improvement Exist	18-P-0176	Operating efficiently and effectively	EF
May 9, 2018	CSB Complied With Improper Payments Legislation Requirements for Fiscal Year 2017	18-P-0175	U.S. Chemical Safety Board	EF
May 8, 2018	EPA's Fiscal Year 2018 Management Challenges	18-N-0174
Apr 16, 2018	Management Alert: Salary Increases for Certain Administratively Determined Positions	18-N-0154	Operating efficiently and effectively	FO
Apr 16, 2018	EPA Complied With Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act Requirements	18-P-0153	Compliance with the law	C
Apr 9, 2018	EPA's Safe and Sustainable Water Resources Research Program Is Delivering Timely and Relevant Data to the Office of Water	18-P-0151	Ensuring clean and safe water, Improving EPA research programs	ER
Mar 16, 2018	EPA Did Not Use Allegedly Flawed Studies to Estimate Methane Emissions or Set New Source Performance Standards for Oil and Natural Gas Production	18-P-0129	Improving air quality	A
Feb 28, 2018	Differences in Processing Practices Could Decrease the Reliability of Ozone Data Used for Assessing Air Quality to Protect Public Health	18-P-0105	Improving air quality	A
Feb 20, 2018	EPA Can Achieve Better Value by Complying With Performance-Based Contract Requirements	18-P-0089	Operating efficiently and effectively	C
Feb 15, 2018	EPA Needs to Evaluate the Impact of the Revised Agricultural Worker Protection Standard on Pesticide Exposure Incidents	18-P-0080	Ensuring the safety of chemicals, Compliance with the law	T
Feb 13, 2018	EPA Can Better Manage State Pesticide Cooperative Agreements to More Effectively Use Funds and Reduce Risk of Pesticide Misuse	18-P-0079	Ensuring the safety of chemicals	T
Jan 24, 2018	Follow-Up Review - EPA Completed OIG Recommendations for Superfund Site in Libby, Montana	18-P-0074	Cleaning up and revitalizing land	SP
Jan 18, 2018	EPA Has Not Reported to Congress on BEACH Act Progress as Statutorily Required or Fully Documented Budget Decisions	18-P-0071	Ensuring clean and safe water, Compliance with the law	W
Jan 12, 2018	Inconsistencies With EPA Policy Identified in Region 10's Biweekly Pay Cap Waiver Process	18-P-0068	Compliance with the law, Operating efficiently and effectively	FO

2017 OIG Reports are also available.

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Reports from October 2016 and later marked with a P, F or A in their report number follow GAGAS, Exitofficial examination standards established by the federal government. This sign of quality ensures the integrity, objectivity and independence of our work.

Reports marked with an N, E, B or S signify the limited “non-GAGAS” work that reflects back on our recent recommendations to highlight the impact of our oversight mission.

Report Type	Middle Character (i.e., 20-X-001)
GAGAS-compliant performance audit	P
GAGAS-compliant financial statement audit	F
GAGAS-compliant attestation audit	A
Non-GAGAS or Non-QSIE-compliant report	N
QSIE -compliant evaluation	E
Internal report	B
Single audit report	S

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

OIG Independence of EPA

The EPA's Office of Inspector General is a part of the EPA, although Congress provides our funding separate from the agency, to ensure our independence. We were created pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended Exit.

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