EPA Didn’t Report $7 Billion in 2022 Total Spending as Law Requires: Watchdog

Government auditors discovered that a major federal agency did not disclose 99.9 percent of the tax dollars it awarded to contractors.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan testifies to Congress at the Capitol in Washington, on June 9, 2021. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials failed to disclose as much as $7 billion in spending to the main federal internet website to inform the public about where their tax dollars are going, according to a government watchdog.

“The EPA’s initial reporting of its fiscal year 2022 spending in USAspending.gov was not complete or accurate. This occurred because the EPA’s Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) did not follow its information technology configuration management procedures,” the EPA inspector-general said in a report made public on Jan. 9.