Report: Audit of the EPA’s Fiscal Year 2025 Compliance with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019
August 4, 2026 | Report No. 26-P-0046
Why We Did This Report
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General conducted this audit to determine whether the EPA complied with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 for fiscal year 2025 reporting.
Summary of Findings
We determined that the EPA is not compliant with requirement four of the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 for its FY 2025 reporting. Of the four Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 requirements applicable to fiscal year 2025 reporting, the EPA complied with three. Specifically, in compliance with requirements one, two, and three, the EPA published payment integrity information with the annual financial statement, posted the annual financial statement and accompanying materials on the agency website, and conducted improper payment risk assessments for each program with annual outlays greater than $10 million at least once in the last three years. However, the EPA did not comply with requirement four because it did not adequately determine whether two out of 10 payment streams were likely to make improper and unknown payments above or below the statutory threshold.
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