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Listen to our staff talk about their latest audit, evaluation and investigation reports and other initiatives. We produce these podcasts to further inform and engage the broader public about our mission. These audio podcast files are for use by the media, schools, or anyone else and may be freely broadcasted. Our podcasts are in MP3 format which is compatible with most audio players.

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Date	Podcasts

Dec 21, 2016	Podcast: Report Overview with Teresa Richardson Report: #17-P-0062, Congressionally Requested Audit - EPA Needs to Improve Processes for Preserving Text Messages as Federal Records

Dec 12, 2016	Podcast: Report Overview with Denton Stafford Report: #17-P-0053, Additional Measures Can Be Taken to Prevent Deaths and Serious Injuries From Residential Fumigations

Oct 20, 2016	Podcast: Report Overview with Charles Brunton Report: #17-P-0004, Drinking Water Contamination in Flint, Michigan, Demonstrates a Need to Clarify EPA Authority to Issue Emergency Orders to Protect the Public

Sept 27, 2016	Podcast: Report Overview with Kevin Collins Report: #16-P-0333, Enhanced Controls Needed to Prevent Further Abuse of Religious Compensatory Time

Sept 26, 2016	Discussion with Chris Lukas. Chris Lukas, the Special Agent in Charge of the Electronic Crimes Division within the OIG's Office of Investigations talks about computer forensics, cybercrime in the EPA and his division's role in criminal investigations. Download audio Download transcript (4.42 KB)

Aug 31, 2016	Podcast: Report Overview with Kathy Hess Report: #16-P-0296, Progress Made, but Improvements Needed at CTS of Asheville Superfund Site in North Carolina to Advance Cleanup Pace and Reduce Potential Exposure

Aug 19, 2016	Discussion with Clay Brown Listen to Special Agent Clay Brown discuss the prevention and detection fraud, waste and abuse in the EPA. Download audio Download transcript (4.72 KB)

Aug 18, 2016	Podcast: Report Overview with Jim Kohler Report: #16-P-0275, EPA Has Not Met Certain Statutory Requirements to Identify Environmental Impacts of Renewable Fuel Standard

Aug 16, 2016	Podcast: Report Overview with Cathy Allen Report: #16-P-0268, EPA Needs to Improve Oversight of Its Transit Subsidy Benefits Program

June 1, 2016	Podcast: Report Overview with Gabby Fekete Report: #16-P-0194, EPA Needs Better Data, Plans and Tools to Manage Insect Resistance to Genetically Engineered Corn

May 23, 2016	Podcast: Report Overview with Neven Soliman Report: #16-P-0179, CSB Needs to Continue to Improve Agency Governance and Operations

May 2, 2016	Podcast: Report Overview with Tiffine Johnson-Davis Report: #16-P-0162, EPA Needs to Assess Environmental and Economic Benefits of Completed Clean Water State Revolving Fund Green Projects

Mar 22, 2016	Podcast: Report Overview with Alli Dutton Informe y Podcast en Espanol Report #16-P-0108, Drinking Water: EPA Needs to Take Additional Steps to Ensure Small Community Water Systems Designated as Serious Violators Achieve Compliance

Jan 13, 2016	Podcast: Report Overview with Randy Holthaus Report #16-P-0082, EPA’s Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment: Obtainable Records Show EPA Followed Required Procedures Without Bias or Predetermination, but a Possible Misuse of Position Noted

Nov 25, 2015	Discussion with Dr. Bruce Woods Dr. Bruce Woods, a chemist in the Electronic Crimes Division within the OIG’s Office of Investigations discusses his recent webinar for the Association of Public Health Laboratories on lab fraud. Download audio Download transcript (8.64 KB)

Nov 18, 2015	Discussion with Clay Brown Listen to Special Agent Clay Brown discuss how the EPA OIG Hotline works, who uses it and how to file a hotline complaint. Download audio Download transcript (4.57 KB)

Oct 20, 2015	Discussion with Brian Scriver OIG Special Agent Brian Scriver talks about the Guardians Project, which protects from fraud, waste and abuse federal funds intended to benefit communities in Indian Country. Download audio Download transcript (6.81 KB)

Sept 28, 2015	Podcast: Report Overview with Lela Wong Report #15-P-0298, Early Warning Report: EPA Region 9 Should Withhold Award of the Fiscal Year 2015 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Grant to the Hawaii Department of Health

Sept 15, 2015	Podcast: Report Overview with Natasha Henry Report #15-P-0279, EPA's Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards Program Lacks Adequate Support and Transparency and Should Be Assessed for Continuation

July 16, 2015	Podcast: Report Overview with Khadija Walker Report #15-P-0204, Enhanced EPA Oversight and Action Can Further Protect Water Resources From the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing

July 6, 2015	Podcast: Report Overview with Jim Kohler Report #15-P-0172, EPA Does Not Effectively Control or Monitor Imports of Hazardous Waste

June 16, 2015	Podcast: Report Overview with Michael Wilson Report #15-P-0168, EPA Should Update Guidance to Address the Release of Potentially Harmful Quantities of Asbestos That Can Occur Under EPA’s Asbestos Demolition Standard

May 28, 2015	Podcast: Report Overview with Erin Barnes-Weaver Report #15-N-0164, FY 2015 EPA Management Challenges

Apr 17, 2015	Podcast: Report Overview with Katie Butler Report #15-P-0137, Conditions in the U.S. Virgin Islands Warrant EPA Withdrawing Approval and Taking Over Management of Some Environmental Programs and Improving Oversight of Others

Feb 26, 2015	Podcast: Report Overview with Rich Jones Report #15-P-0101, EPA Regions Have Considered Environmental Justice When Targeting Facilities for Air Toxics Inspections

Nov 19, 2014	Podcast: Report Overview with Leah Nikaidoh Report #15-N-0025, Early Warning Report: Some EPA Employees Found to Be on Paid Administrative Leave for Years

Oct 6, 2014	Podcast: Report Overview with Marcia Hirt-Reigeluth Report #15-P-0001, EPA's Fleet Management Program Needs Improvement

Sept 9, 2014	Podcast: Report Overview with Jerri Dorsey Report #14-P-0349, EPA Can Help Consumers Identify Household and Other Products with Safer Chemicals by Strengthening Its "Design for the Environment" Program

Sept 3, 2014	Podcast: Report Overview with Genevieve Soule Report #14-P-0348, Nutrient Pollution: EPA Needs to Work With States to Develop Strategies for Monitoring the Impact of State Activities on the Gulf of Mexico Hypoxic Zone

June 25, 2014	Podcast: Report Overview with Erica Hauck Report #14-P-0324, Improvements Needed in EPA Efforts to Address Methane Emissions From Natural Gas Distribution Pipelines

June 22, 2014	Podcast: Report Overview with Christine Baughman Report #14-P-0321, Follow-Up Report: EPA Improves Management of Its Radiation Monitoring System

June 17, 2014	Podcast: Report Overview with Jill Trynosky Report #14-P-0302, EPA Has Made Progress in Assessing Historical Lead Smelter Sites But Needs to Strengthen Procedures

May 28, 2014	Podcast: Report Overview with Deputy Inspector General Chuck Sheehan Report: EPA's Key Management Challenges 2014

Mar 31, 2014	Podcast: Report Overview with Renee McGhee-Lenart Report #14-P-0154, Improvements to EPA Policies and Guidance Could Enhance Protection of Human Study Subjects

Dec 11, 2013	Podcast: Report Overview with Vanessa Rodriguez-Moya Report #14-P-0037, Early Warning Report: Internal Controls and Management Actions Concerning John C. Beale's Travel

Dec 11, 2013	Podcast: Report Overview with John Trefry Report #14-P-0036, Early Warning Report: Internal Controls and Management Actions Concerning John C. Beale Pay Issues

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