Pursuit's Take
OIG identified weaknesses in the approval and management of overtime. We found that both the employee and the approver pre-signed several incomplete Request for Overtime Authorization forms (EPA Form 2560-7). The incomplete pre-signed forms did not contain a justification or reason for the overtime, or dates and hours the estimated overtime was expected to be worked. The pre-signing of incomplete overtime request forms does not meet the intent of EPA policies and procedures.
For the period March 2013 through March 2015, the OAR employee in question recorded 262 hours of overtime and was compensated approximately $12,948 for those hours.