Review of Region 5 Laboratory Operations, Audit Report Number 2000-P-3

1MEMORANDUMSUBJECT:FROM:TO:necessary.recommendations. As such, we are closing this report upon issuance and no further response ismilestones for completion. We reviewed these actions and found that they address ourRegion’s integrated action plan describing the corrective actions ongoing or planned and the we received the discuss our findings and suggested recommendations. On October 12, 1999,On September 23, 1999, we met with you and members of your management team toTeam to report its findings to its supervisor, the CRL Director.implementation to a single individual, and an organizational structure which called for the ReviewSystems Review (MSR) have not been completed due to insufficient monitoring, assigningBriefly, we found that many actions identified by the Region’s December 1998, Managementof the Region 5 Central Regional Laboratory (CRL). This report presents the results of our audit. In May 1999, you requested that the Office of Inspector General (OIG) conduct an auditINTRODUCTION AND ACTION REQUIREDRegional AdministratorFrancis X. LyonsHeadquarters Audit DivisionDivisional Inspector GeneralJohn T. Walsh /s/Audit Report Number 2000-P-3Review of Region 5 Laboratory Operations2 BACKGROUND well as sampling and data handling problems, and 6) a need for improved training for labof understanding of quality assurance and quality control, 5) problems with chain of custody asfor improved communication, 3) a need to strengthen the lab’s ...