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Office of Inspector General

Report: Improvements Needed in Estimating and Leveraging Cost Savings Across EPA

Report #13-P-0028October 22, 2012

What We Found

Regions 4 and 7, which were the focus of our review, did not apply reliable methods for estimating savings and cost avoidances.

Report Materials​​

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