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CED-80-100 1 (1980-05-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabapb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION MAY 29, 1980 B-198722 The Honorable Douglas M. Costle Administrator, Environmental 112395 Protection Agency Dear Mr. Costle: Subject: /Review of tie- Environmental Protection Agency's Efforts to Detect and Prevent Fraud and Abuse7 (CED-80-100) As part of our multiagency fraud task force work, we reviewed the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) efforts to detect and prevent fraud and abuse. Although we plan to issue an overall report on Federal efforts to combat fraud, this report discusses EPA's actions and ways we believe it can improve its effectiveness in detecting and preventing fraud and abuse. Since most of our work was done prior to the establishment of EPA's Office of Inspector General (OIG), our findings should be helpful to the Inspector General in implementing and organizing the OIG. EPA has improved its fraud detection and prevention activities but still needs to (1) devote more resources to investigative and audit activities, (2) establish more effective fraud detection and prevention programs, (3) establish a management information system to provide routine information on the types and methods of fraud and abuse, and (4) improve communication and followup on investigations and audits. To obtain an overview of EPA's efforts to identify and control fraud, we reviewed audit and investigative policies, procedures, and practices and interviewed senior headquarters audit and investigative officials, as well as officials from various EPA program and administrative activities. We also reviewed selected case files of closed investigations involv- ing fraud and abuse and discussed their disposition with EPA investigative and program officials. Our review was performed at EPA headquarters, Washington, D.C. I('/ ~(911020)

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