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Office of Inspector General

Report: EPA Did Not Accurately Report Under the Grants Oversight and New Efficiency Act and Needs to Improve Timeliness of Expired Grant Closeouts

Report #20-P-0126, March 31, 2020

As of September 2019, the EPA had $8.3 million in undisbursed balances for grant awards that expired one year or more prior. These funds could have been used to achieve EPA environmental goals.

Report Materials

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Report at a Glance (PDF)(1 pg, 125 K)
Full Report (PDF)(31 pp, 829 K)
Update: EPA Response to Report (PDF)(2 pp, 157 K)
Update: IG Comment on EPA Response (PDF)(1 pg, 107 K)

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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