Pursuit's Take
OIG’s analysis of randomly selected travel vouchers for all EPA employees disclosed significant issues with a former Region 9 Administrator, as well as other weaknesses agencywide.
A former Region 9 Administrator made 88 trips from fiscal year (FY) 2007 through January 2009. For 51 of the 88 trips (58 percent), the former Region 9 Administrator traveled to Orange County/Los Angeles County (OC/LA), California, near the former Region 9 Administrator’s residence at a cost of approximately $69,000.
In addition, the OIG found internal control weaknesses for employee travel within the EPA. Management issues included inadequate justification for lodging, trip reports not always submitted or in a timely fashion, and reporting on premium-class travel was incomplete.