United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Accounting and Information Management Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-08-22 monographic deposited born digital 23 p. GA 1.13:AIMD-95-167 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-167 P0b002ee1803a13de f:ai95167 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-167 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-167 AIMD-95-167 Hazardous substances Environmental law Information analysis operations Computerized information systems Environmental policies Data integrity Quality assurance Federal/state relations EPA Resource Conservation and Recovery Information System EPA Hazardous Waste Data Management System Other Written Product AIMD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on whether the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Resource Conservation and Recovery Information System (RCRIS) is meeting its primary objectives and its effect on implementation of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).<p/>GAO found that: (1) RCRIS does not meet its overall goal of helping EPA and the states manage the hazardous waste program; (2) most users of RCRIS do not rely on the system because they find data entry and retrieval to be too difficult; (3) RCRIS data are not reliable because the system requires users to manually verify data; and (4) RCRIS shortfalls have not significantly affected RCRA implementation because users do not consider the system to be the key tool for program management and have developed workarounds. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-167/html/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-167.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-167/pdf/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-167.pdf GAO/AIMD-95-167 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-167 Other Written Product GAO/AIMD-95-167; Hazardous Waste: Benefits of EPA's Information System Are Limited; Hazardous substances Environmental law Information analysis operations Computerized information systems Environmental policies Data integrity Quality assurance Federal/state relations EPA Resource Conservation and Recovery Information System EPA Hazardous Waste Data Management System