{
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "deskKey": "america-oig:epa",
  "agency": "EPA",
  "name": "EPA OIG",
  "page": "https://america.co/accountability/epa-inspector-general",
  "sourceConsulted": "2026-10-06",
  "coverage": "Selected office routing guide; not a jurisdiction or legal determination",
  "officialSources": [
    {
      "name": "EPA OIG complaint instructions",
      "url": "https://www.epa.gov/office-inspector-general/forms/epa-oig-hotline-complaint-form",
      "role": "Official reporting route"
    },
    {
      "name": "EPA OIG hotline information",
      "url": "https://www.epa.gov/office-inspector-general/new-epa-oig-hotline-information",
      "role": "Scope, pollution alternatives and privacy"
    },
    {
      "name": "EPA OIG public work",
      "url": "https://www.epa.gov/office-inspector-general",
      "role": "Public oversight research"
    }
  ],
  "reportingPortalDeliveryVerified": false,
  "allegationsCollected": false,
  "originalHypotheticalExample": "Imagine an EPA-funded monitoring project with a public award and a public data portal. A missing month of data could reflect a reporting lag, instrument failure or an unmet deliverable. Check the reporting schedule and whether the award actually required that month’s measurements. A funding-oversight question concerns performance against that agreement; a current release of pollutants needs the environmental incident route. Neither absence of data nor an alarming photograph proves criminal intent.",
  "planningFields": [
    {
      "name": "Program and responsible office",
      "note": "Use a program name or public source, not a personal case number."
    },
    {
      "name": "Dates and factual chronology",
      "note": "Separate event dates from document publication dates."
    },
    {
      "name": "Evidence references",
      "note": "Record public links or placeholders; do not paste private records."
    },
    {
      "name": "Observation versus inference",
      "note": "What is directly supported? What needs another explanation?"
    },
    {
      "name": "Alternative route and deadline check",
      "note": "List the decision-review, service or records instructions you still need to consult."
    },
    {
      "name": "Safe reporting plan",
      "note": "Read the official confidentiality and transmission guidance. Keep identifiers out of these notes."
    }
  ],
  "privacy": "Do not put sensitive identifiers or documents in the worksheet. Nothing is submitted."
}