Inspectors General

Compliance With Professional Standards by the EPA Inspector General Gao ID: AFMD-86-43 September 30, 1986

GAO reviewed the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) to determine whether OIG: (1) audit functions complied with Comptroller General and President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency (PCIE) standards; and (2) investigation function satisfactorily complied with PCIE quality and professional standards.

GAO found that: (1) OIG satisfactorily complied with 20 of the 23 audit and investigative standards used in assessing OIG operations; and (2) OIG needs to take corrective action to comply with certain aspects of three standards in the areas of evaluating and reporting on internal control systems, gathering evidence to support audit report statements, and developing an annual investigation plan. While OIG did not comply with some audit and investigation standards, GAO did not identify any cases where there was cause to question OIG findings in audits and investigations reviewed.

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