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Office of Inspector General

Notification: EPA’s Use of Science and Research Federal Advisory Committees to Improve Agency Performance

Project #OPE-FY16-0024, May 9, 2016.

The EPA OIG plans to begin preliminary research on internal controls the EPA has in place to engage science and research Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) committees and whether program offices use advice and recommendations received from the FACA committees at the EPA.

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