Office of Inspector General

Report: EPA Asserts Statutory Law Enforcement Authority to Protect Its Administrator but Lacks Procedures to Assess Threats and Identify the Proper Level of Protection

Report #18-P-0239, September 4, 2018

What Was Found

Failure to properly justify the level of protective services provided to the Administrator has allowed costs to increase from $1.6 million to $3.5 million in just 11 months.

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Update: IG Comment on EPA Response (Jan 7, 2020) (PDF)(2 pp, 351 K)
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Update: IG Comment on EPA Response (May 19, 2020) (PDF)(2 pp, 111 K)
Update: EPA Response to Report (Oct 14, 2020) (PDF)(2 pp, 239 K)
Update: IG Comment on EPA Response (Nov 19, 2020) (PDF)(2 pp, 512 K)

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