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EPA OIG: How the EPA’s Office of Homeland Security Impedes the Investigations of the EPA’s Office of Inspector General 

May 1, 2014

Pursuit's Take

The EPA OIG’s Office of Investigations is being impeded from fulfilling its responsibilities by actions of the EPA’s internal Office of Homeland Security (OHS), a unit within the Office of the Administrator.  Speciifcally, there are three ongoing actions by OHS that are impeding the OIG:

The most critical concern of the OIG is the safety and security of all EPA employees, facilities and assets. The OIG’s ability to investigate threats against EPA employees and facilities has been impeded due to OHS’ total and systematic refusal to share threat information.

The second issue is that the OIG’s ability to conduct employee misconduct investigations has been impeded by OHS’ operation as an unauthorized de facto law enforcement organization, as well as that office’s refusal to share information related to potential criminal and administrative misconduct by EPA employees and contractors.

OHS’ refusal to share classified, or any, information, or to recognize the OIG’s statutory authority and responsibility, also extends to intrusions into EPA computer systems and networks.

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