Open Audit Recommendations Affecting Recovery Act Activities, 09-X-0136, April 9, 2009

U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL Catalyst for Improving the Environment Special Report Open Audit Recommendations Affecting Recovery Act Activities Report No. 09-X-0136 April 9, 2009 Report Contributors: Janet Kasper Michael Davis Melinda Burks Randy Holthaus Jennifer Hutkoff Shannon Schofield Abbreviations EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency IA Interagency Agreement JOFOC Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition OAM Office of Acquisition Management OIG Office of Inspector General USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20460 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL April 9, 2009 MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: Open Audit Recommendations Affecting Recovery Act Activities Report No. 09-X-0136 FROM: Melissa M. Heist Assistant Inspector General for Audit TO: Craig Hooks, Acting Assistant Administrator Office of Administration and Resources Management Barry Breen, Acting Assistant Administrator Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response Bharat Mathur, Acting Regional Administrator Region 5 The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has completed a review of open recommendations from prior audit reports that could impact EPA’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) activities. This review was not an audit conducted in accordance with the Government Auditing ...