Environmental Protection

EPA's Actions to Improve Longstanding Information Management Weaknesses Gao ID: T-IMTEC-93-4 March 29, 1993

Gaps in scientific and monitoring information have called into question the soundness of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) regulatory decisions. Much of the agency's information consists of activity-based indicators that do not directly measure either program success or environmental results. This testimony (1) discusses specific information resources management shortcomings at EPA and how they undermine program effectiveness, (2) outlines recent EPA responses to longstanding information management problems, and (3) examines factors that may decide EPA's success in overcoming its information management challenges.



The Justia Government Accountability Office site republishes public reports retrieved from the U.S. GAO These reports should not be considered official, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Justia.