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Report: Audit Follow-Up Process Needed for the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

Report #13-P-0128, February 1, 2013. CSB does not have a follow-up process to allow for prompt implementation of agreed-to OIG audit recommendations.

Report: CSB Needs to Improve Its Acquisition Approvals and Other Processes to Ensure Best Value for Taxpayers

Report #15-P-0245, July 31, 2015. CSB's acquisition process is at risk and may have ineffective operations without a strategy to implement controls. Further, CSB has limited evidence it contracted at the best value.

Report: CSB's Fiscal Year 2014 Purchase Card Program Assessed as High Risk

Report #15-N-0171, June 29, 2015. CSB's $280,000 purchase card program for FY 2014 was assessed as high risk for illegal, improper or erroneous purchases and payments.

Report: CSB Complied With Reporting Requirements of the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act for Fiscal Year 2014

Report #15-P-0153, May 1, 2015. CSB is fully compliant with the reporting requirements of IPERA.

Report: Key Aspects of CSB Information Security Program Need Improvement

15-P-0073, February 3, 2015. CSB should improve key aspects of its information security program to better manage practices.

Report: Audit of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board’s Fiscal Years 2014 and 2013 Financial Statements

Report #15-1-0022, November 17, 2014. The CSB received an unmodified opinion for its fiscal years 2014 and 2013 financial statements.

Report: Early Warning Report: Not Following Internal Controls Put Acquisitions at Risk

Report #15-P-0007, October 29, 2014. Over $1.9 million in CSB acquisitions are at risk because the Board did not approve the acquisitions.

CSB's Key Management Challenges - 2014

The Office of Inspector General is beginning work to update the fiscal year 2014 list of areas we consider to be the key management challenges confronting the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.

Report: The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Complies With the Federal Information Security Management Act (Fiscal Year 2013)

Report #14-P-0181, April 10, 2014. The CSB has an information security program in place that is functioning as designed; the CSB takes information security weaknesses seriously.

Report: U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Did Not Comply With the Do Not Pay Requirements for Improper Payments

Report #14-P-0172, April 10, 2014. Risk of improper payments is increased because CSB did not implement the preventative measures required by IPERIA.

Report: Audit of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board’s Fiscal Years 2013 and 2012 Financial Statements

Report #14-1-0038, December 16, 2013. The CSB received an unmodified opinion for its fiscal years 2013 and 2012 financial statements.​

Report: U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Needs to Complete More Timely Investigations

Report #13-P-0337, July 30, 2013. CSB does not have an effective management system to meet its established performance goal to “[c]onduct incident investigations and safety studies concerning releases of hazardous chemical substances.”

Report: Evaluation of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board’s Compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act (Fiscal Year 2012)

Report #13-P-0307, June 28, 2013. KPMG noted that the CSB has an information security program in place that appears to be functioning as designed.

Report: U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Complied With Reporting Requirements of the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act

Report #13-P-0177, March 12, 2013. CSB is fully compliant with the reporting requirements of IPERA, which require all agencies to periodically review all programs and activities that may be susceptible to significant improper payments.

CSB's Key Management Challenges - 2012

The EPA Office of Inspector General is beginning work to update our list of areas we consider to be the key management challenges confronting the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.