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Office of Inspector General

Report: Identification Proofing, Incident Handling, and Badge Disposal Procedures Needed for EPA’s Smartcard Program

Report #08-P-0267September 16, 2008

What Was Found

Although EPA developed detailed procedures to guide the EPASS staff’s issuance of new Smartcard identification (ID) badges, an employee error in using the new ID card system resulted in an EPA employee having ID documents and other identifying information incorrectly associated with another EPA employee.

Report Materials​​

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