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FPCD-82-34 1 (1982-03-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabczx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: r UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICEwAN77D20 WASHINGTON, D.C. 2054817 FEDERAL PERSONNEL AND COMPEASATION DIVISION B-206535 MARCH 16,1982 The Honorable Anne M. Gorsuch Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency 117798 Dear Mrs. Gorsuch: Subject: Overtime Management and Controls at the P E rn p.eQ6te&,v.e-evy FHeadquarters Are De fi cient (FPCD-82-34) We reviewed overtime management and controls at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as part of an ongoing review of overtime usage at several agencies. This report summarizes the problems we identified at EPA and contains recommendations for corrective action. EPA headquarters managers and supervisors do not appear to be managing overtime to insure that the work is necessary. Much of the overtime we reviewed was for nonpriority admin- istrative work which did not meet EPA's criteria for justify- ing overtime. Furthermore, over 60 percent of the overtime paid to EPA headquarters employees in our sample was not doc- umented with overtime authorizations. In addition, overtime system controls did not insure that overtime claims were le- gitimate. Finally, EPA's system, as implemented, does not fully meet title 6 standards of the General Accounting Office Policy and Procedures Manual for Guidance of Federal Agencies in developing and operating payroll systems. EPA employees have been able to submit fraudulent over- time claims and may have worked overtime unnecessarily. Our review identified two possible cases of overtime fraud which we referred to the Department of Justice and the EPA Inspector General. The EPA Inspector General has recently substantiated five additional cases of overtime fraud. (966056)

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