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Office of Inspector General

Report: EPA Needs to Conduct Risk Assessments When Designing and Implementing Programs

Report #20-P-0170, May 18, 2020

By not conducting risk assessments for 20 programs that collectively cost over $5.7 billion in fiscal year 2018, the EPA cannot be certain it has the proper procedures in place to address internal and external risks to these programs.

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Report at a Glance (PDF)(1 pg, 286 K)
Full Report (PDF)(20 pp, 712 K)

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