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EPA OIG: FY 2015: EPA Management Challenges 

May 1, 2015

Pursuit's Take

 

The EPA Continues to Need Improved Management Oversight to Combat Fraud and Abuse and Take Prompt Action Against Employees Found to Be Culpable:

Recent events and activities indicate a possible “culture of complacency” among some supervisors at the EPA regarding time and attendance controls, employee computer usage, real property management, and taking prompt action against employees.

Our early warning report on administrative leave identified eight employees who had administrative leave totaling 20,926 hours and cost the government an estimated $1,096,868.

In November 2013 and May 2014, respectively, EPA management was made aware that two EPA employees, in two separate cases, were viewing and downloading pornography on EPA computers during work hours. The investigations disclosed that the employees spent approximately 1 to 6 hours a day viewing and downloading pornography.

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