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Report Overview with Sean Mahoney | #25-E-0002 Inadequate Execution of the 7th DWINSA Lead Service Line Questionnaire Led to Flawed Data Being Used to Allot Lead Service Line Replacement Funds |
Report Overview with Morgan Collier | #24-E-0055 State Program Deficiencies and Inadequate EPA Oversight of State Enforcement Contributed to the Drinking Water Crisis in Jackson, Mississippi |
Fraudcast with Garrett Westfall | Fraud Alert OMB Uniform Guidance Revision & EPA Grant Terms and Conditions Update |
Report Overview with Matt Jacobs | #24-E-0042 New Mexico’s Capacity to Effectively Manage Clean Water Infrastructure Funds Faces Challenges |
Report Overview with Jonathan Morrand | #24-E-0033 EPA Region 7 Did Not Effectively Engage with the Community Surrounding the Findett Corp. Superfund Site |
Report Overview with Rodney Rice | #24-P-0029 Multiple Factors Contributed to the Delay in Constructing Combined Sewer Overflow Tanks at the Gowanus Canal Superfund Site in New York City |
Report Overview with Gaida Mahgoub | #24-E-0023 The EPA Needs to Determine Whether Seresto Pet Collars Pose an Unreasonable Risk to Pet Health |
Fraudcast with Jason Abend | Fraud Alert Business Email Compromise |
Report Overview with Michael Sparks | #24-N-0016 Office of Investigations Overview and Investigative Priorities |
Report Overview with Haidee Lai | #24-P-0014 The EPA Needs to Improve the Completeness and Accuracy of the Obligation and Outlay Information That It Reports in USAspending.gov |
Report Overview with Jarrett Rickerds | #24-P-0012 The EPA Clean School Bus Program Could Be Impacted by Utility Delays |
Report Overview with Andre von Hoyer | #24-N-0010 The CSB’s Fiscal Year 2024 Top Management Challenges |
Report Overview with Claire McWilliams | #24-N-0008 The EPA’s Fiscal Year 2024 Top Management Challenges |
Report Overview with Shannon Lackey | #23-F-0002 Audit of the EPA’s Fiscal Years 2021 and 2020 Toxic Substances Control Act Service Fee Fund Financial Statements |
Report Overview with Ryan Atkins (OSRE) | #23-E-0033 The EPA Needs to Address Increasing Air Pollution at Ports |
Report Overview with Rich Jones | #23-P-0032 The EPA Must Improve Controls and Integrate Its Information System to Manage Fraud Potential in the Renewable Fuel Standard Program |
Report Overview with Alicia Buchanan | #23-E-0013 The EPA’s January 2021 PFBS Toxicity Assessment Did Not Uphold the Agency’s Commitments to Scientific Integrity and Information Quality |
Report Overview with Chip Triebwasser | #23-E-0012 The EPA’s Residential Wood Heater Program Does Not Provide Reasonable Assurance that Heaters Are Properly Tested and Certified Before Reaching Consumers |
Report Overview with Seth Gerhart | #23-E-0006 The EPA Is Not on Track to Reach Its National Compliance Initiative Goals to Stop Aftermarket Defeat Devices and Tampered Vehicles |
Report Overview with Cara Lindsey | #22-P-0046 The EPA Needs to Fully Address the OIG’s 2018 Flint Water Crisis Report Recommendations by Improving Controls, Training, and Risk Assessments |
Podcast: What is the EPA OIG Hotline? | |
Report Overview with Iantha Maness | #21-E-0226 EPA’s Emergency Response Systems at Risk of Having Inadequate Security Controls |
Report Overview with Bo Park Visión de conjunto de Podcast del informe de la OIG (Spanish podcast) | #21-P-0223 EPA’s Office of Land and Emergency Management Lacked a Nationally Consistent Strategy for Communicating Health Risks at Contaminated Sites |
Report Overview with Roopa Mulchandani | #21-E-0219 EPA Needs to Measure and Track Performance of Programs Eliminated in President’s Budget but Later Funded by Congress |
EPA OIG Commemorates Whistleblower Appreciation Day: IG Message and Whistleblower Protection Podcast | |
Report Overview with Alton Reid | #21-E-0146 EPA Deviated from Typical Procedures in Its 2018 Dicamba Pesticide Registration Decision |
Report Overview with Chuck Sheehan | #21-P-0132 Resource Constraints, Leadership Decisions, and Workforce Culture Led to a Decline in Federal Enforcement |
Report Overview with Alicia Buchanan | #21-P-0115 EPA Does Not Always Adhere to Its Established Action Development Process for Rulemaking |
Report Overview with Gloria Taylor-Upshaw | #21-E-0033 EPA Needs to Improve Its Planning and Management of Laboratory Consolidation Efforts |
Report Overview with Renee McGhee-Lenart Podcast en español | #20-N-0128 Management Alert: Prompt Action Needed to Inform Residents Living Near Ethylene Oxide-Emitting Facilities About Health Concerns and Actions to Address Those Concerns |
Report Overview with Julie Narimatsu | #20-P-0062 EPA Needs to Improve Its Emergency Planning to Better Address Air Quality Concerns During Future Disasters |
Report Overview with Alli Dutton | #20-P-0047 EPA Failed to Develop Required Cost and Benefit Analyses and to Assess Air Quality Impacts on Children's Health for Proposed Glider Repeal Rule Allowing Used Engines in Heavy-Duty Trucks |
Report Overview with Sarah Davidson | #19-P-0302 EPA Not Effectively Implementing the Lead-Based Paint Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule |
Report Overview with Sarah Davidson | #19-P-0275 EPA Needs to Determine Strategies and Level of Support for Overseeing State Managed Pollinator Protection Plans |
Report Overview with John Trefry | #19-P-0155 Actions Needed to Strengthen Controls over the EPA Administrator's and Associated Staff's Travel |
Report Overview with Jill Trynosky | #19-P-0002 EPA Unable to Assess the Impact of Hundreds of Unregulated Pollutants in Land-Applied Biosolids on Human Health and the Environment |
OIG Special Agent Alan Huntsinger discusses a consumer scam using the EPA’s name to fraudulently misrepresent a product | |
Report Overview with Beto Ibarra | #18-P-0288 EPA Paid $14.5 Million to Foreign Fellows that Could Have Funded Research by U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents |
Report Overview with Leon Carter | #18-P-0271 Delayed Cleanup of Asbestos Debris at the Old Davis Hospital Site Necessitates Changes for EPA Region 4 and North Carolina |
Report Overview with Hilda Canes-Garduño | #18-P-0270 EPA Needs to Re-Evaluate Its Compliance Monitoring Priorities for Minimizing Asbestos Risks in Schools |
Report Overview with Jean Bloom | #18-P-0239 EPA Asserts Statutory Law Enforcement Authority to Protect Its Administrator but Lacks Procedures to Assess Threats and Identify the Proper Level of Protection |
Report Overview with Charles Brunton | #18-P-0221 Management Weaknesses Delayed Response to Flint Water Crisis |
Report Overview with Alonzo Munyeneh | #18-P-0217 Management Alert - To Minimize Risk of Environmental Harm, the Security Categorization of Electronic Manifest System Data Needs to Be Re-Evaluated |
Report Overview with Jim Kohler | #18-P-0181 EPA Did Not Identify Volkswagen Emissions Cheating; Enhanced Controls Now Provide Reasonable Assurance of Fraud Detection |
Special Agent Clay Brown and OIG Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Officer Scott Levine about FOIA Requests to the EPA OIG | |
Report Overview with Danielle Tesch | #18-P-0071 EPA Has Not Reported to Congress on BEACH Act Progress as Statutorily Required or Fully Documented Budget Decisions |
Report Overview with Cathy Allen | #18-P-0036
EPA Paid $1.5 Million for Subsidized and Unoccupied Parking Spaces Over a 2-Year Period
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Report Overview with Dwayne Crawford | #18-P-0024
EPA Telework Program Is Consistent With U.S. Office of Personnel Management Guidance |
Discussion with Al Bailey about Phishing at the EPA | |
Discussion with Craig Cruz and Maria Leta-Leroux about the Victims-Witness Assistance Program | |
Report Overview with Eric Jackson | #17-P-0409 Management Alert - EPA Has Not Initiated Required Background Investigations for Information Systems Contractor Personnel |
Report Overview with Rich Jones | #17-P-0396 Eleven Years After Agreement, EPA Has Not Developed Reliable Emission Estimation Methods to Determine Whether Animal Feeding Operations Comply With Clean Air Act and Other Statutes |
Discussion with Sanchai Dean about Data Analytics | |
Discussion with Chris Lukas about The Darknet | |
Discussion with Cat Bailey about The Role of an EPA OIG Special Agent | |
Report Overview with Kathy Hess | #17-P-0352 EPA’s Voluntary WaterSense Program Demonstrated Success |
Report Overview with Renee McGhee-Lenart | #17-P-0350 EPA Implemented Prior OIG Recommendations, but Additional Guidance Could Strengthen the Human Subjects Research Program |
Report Overview with Tina Lovingood | #17-P-0250 Gold King Mine Release: Inspector General Response to Congressional Requests |
Report Overview with Bao Chuong | #17-P-0249 Improved Data and EPA Oversight Are Needed to Assure Compliance With the Standards for Benzene Content in Gasoline |
Report Overview with Teresa Richardson | #17-P-0062 Congressionally Requested Audit - EPA Needs to Improve Processes for Preserving Text Messages as Federal Records |
Report Overview with Denton Stafford | #17-P-0053 Additional Measures Can Be Taken to Prevent Deaths and Serious Injuries From Residential Fumigations |
Report Overview with Charles Brunton | #17-P-0004 Drinking Water Contamination in Flint, Michigan, Demonstrates a Need to Clarify EPA Authority to Issue Emergency Orders to Protect the Public |
Report Overview with Kevin Collins | #16-P-0333 Enhanced Controls Needed to Prevent Further Abuse of Religious Compensatory Time |
Discussion with Chris Lukas about The Electronic Crimes Division | |
Report Overview with Kathy Hess | #16-P-0296 Progress Made, but Improvements Needed at CTS of Asheville Superfund Site in North Carolina to Advance Cleanup Pace and Reduce Potential Exposure |
Discussion with Clay Brown about Prevention and Detection Fraud, Waste and Abuse in the EPA | |
Report Overview with Jim Kohler | #16-P-0275 EPA Has Not Met Certain Statutory Requirements to Identify Environmental Impacts of Renewable Fuel Standard |
Report Overview with Cathy Allen | #16-P-0268 EPA Needs to Improve Oversight of Its Transit Subsidy Benefits Program |
Report Overview with Gabby Fekete | #16-P-0194 EPA Needs Better Data, Plans and Tools to Manage Insect Resistance to Genetically Engineered Corn |
Report Overview with Neven Soliman | #16-P-0179 CSB Needs to Continue to Improve Agency Governance and Operations |
Report Overview with Tiffine Johnson-Davis | #16-P-0162 EPA Needs to Assess Environmental and Economic Benefits of Completed Clean Water State Revolving Fund Green Projects |
Report Overview with Alli Dutton | #16-P-0108 Drinking Water: EPA Needs to Take Additional Steps to Ensure Small Community Water Systems Designated as Serious Violators Achieve Compliance Informe y Podcast en Espanol |
Report Overview with Randy Holthaus | #16-P-0082 EPA’s Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment: Obtainable Records Show EPA Followed Required Procedures Without Bias or Predetermination, but a Possible Misuse of Position Noted |
Discussion with Dr. Bruce Woods about Scientific Integrity and Lab Fraud | |
Discussion with Clay Brown about How the EPA OIG Hotline Works | |
Discussion with Brian Scriver about The "Guardians" Project (Federal Program Fraud Task Force) | |
Report Overview with Lela Wong | #15-P-0298 Early Warning Report: EPA Region 9 Should Withhold Award of the Fiscal Year 2015 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Grant to the Hawaii Department of Health |
Report Overview with Natasha Henry | #15-P-0279 EPA's Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards Program Lacks Adequate Support and Transparency and Should Be Assessed for Continuation |
Report Overview with Khadija Walker | #15-P-0204 Enhanced EPA Oversight and Action Can Further Protect Water Resources From the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing |
Report Overview with Jim Kohler | #15-P-0172 EPA Does Not Effectively Control or Monitor Imports of Hazardous Waste |
Report Overview with Michael Wilson | #15-P-0168 EPA Should Update Guidance to Address the Release of Potentially Harmful Quantities of Asbestos That Can Occur Under EPA’s Asbestos Demolition Standard |
Report Overview with Erin Barnes-Weaver | #15-N-0164 FY 2015 EPA Management Challenges |
Report Overview with Katie Butler | #15-P-0137 Conditions in the U.S. Virgin Islands Warrant EPA Withdrawing Approval and Taking Over Management of Some Environmental Programs and Improving Oversight of Others |
Report Overview with Rich Jones | #15-P-0101 EPA Regions Have Considered Environmental Justice When Targeting Facilities for Air Toxics Inspections |
Report Overview with Leah Nikaidoh | #15-N-0025 Early Warning Report: Some EPA Employees Found to Be on Paid Administrative Leave for Years |
Report Overview with Marcia Hirt-Reigeluth | #15-P-0001 EPA's Fleet Management Program Needs Improvement |
Report Overview with Jerri Dorsey | #14-P-0349 EPA Can Help Consumers Identify Household and Other Products with Safer Chemicals by Strengthening Its "Design for the Environment" Program |
Report Overview with Genevieve Soule | #14-P-0348 Nutrient Pollution: EPA Needs to Work With States to Develop Strategies for Monitoring the Impact of State Activities on the Gulf of Mexico Hypoxic Zone |
Report Overview with Erica Hauck | #14-P-0324 Improvements Needed in EPA Efforts to Address Methane Emissions From Natural Gas Distribution Pipelines |
Report Overview with Christine Baughman | #14-P-0321 Follow-Up Report: EPA Improves Management of Its Radiation Monitoring System |
Report Overview with Jill Trynosky | #14-P-0302 EPA Has Made Progress in Assessing Historical Lead Smelter Sites But Needs to Strengthen Procedures |
Report Overview with Deputy Inspector General Chuck Sheehan | EPA's Key Management Challenges 2014 |
Report Overview with Renee McGhee-Lenart | #14-P-0154 Improvements to EPA Policies and Guidance Could Enhance Protection of Human Study Subjects |
Report Overview with Vanessa Rodriguez-Moya | #14-P-0037 Early Warning Report: Internal Controls and Management Actions Concerning John C. Beale's Travel |
Report Overview with John Trefry | #14-P-0036 Early Warning Report: Internal Controls and Management Actions Concerning John C. Beale Pay Issues |