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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Inspector General
At a Glance
15-B-0002
October 6, 2014
Why We Did This Audit
We sought to determine
whether the U.S.
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Office of
Inspector General (OIG)
managed its law enforcement
vehicles in accordance with
federal fleet requirements.
We conducted this audit in
conjunction with an audit of the
agency's overall fleet
management. As of November
2013, the EPA OIG had a total
of 29 vehicles used by the OIG
Office of Investigations (Ol).
This report addresses the
following OIG goal:
• Be responsible stewards of
taxpayer dollars.
EPA OIG Compliance With Managing Vehicles
Within EPA's Fleet Management Program
What We Found
Our audit of the OIG's Ol oversight of its fleet vehicles
identified five management weaknesses regarding the
following:
Without sufficient
management of
government vehicles,
unauthorized use of
those vehicles could
go undetected and
vehicles may not be
efficiently used.
Consistency in filling out utilization logs for
vehicle usage.
Documentation to support vehicles monitored in
domicile-to-duty or home-to-work status.
Consistency for record keeping of fuel and maintenance receipts.
Fleet manager training on the Automotive Statistical Tool and inputting data
into the fleet information system.
Status of vehicles in locations where there is limited investigative staff.
Recommendations and Planned Corrective Actions
We recommend that the Deputy Inspector General require Ol to:
•	Include more information in its home-to-work mileage log to establish internal
controls and provide a documented audit trail to meet requirements.
•	Confer with the agency on vehicle monitoring and make any needed
changes, to ensure Ol procedures have an acceptable level of
documentation needed for the agency to meet its reporting requirements.
•	Maintain vehicle data in the vehicle's fleet file in accordance with its new
procedures and train all Ol employees involved with inputting and certifying
fleet data as needed.
The Deputy Inspector General agreed with our recommendations as revised.
We did not make a recommendation on utilization logs due to an updated policy
eliminating the requirement for these logs. We also did not make a
recommendation regarding the location of vehicles because Ol has been
monitoring vehicle status and adjusting its fleet size.
Send all inquiries to our public
affairs office at (202) 566-2391
or visit www.epa.gov/oia.
The full report is at:
www.epa.gov/oig/reports/2015/
20141006-15-B-0002.pdf

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