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 1995-08-25 monographic deposited born digital 28 p. GA 1.13:AIMD-95-177 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-177 P0b002ee18037e2b2 f:ai95177 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-177 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-177 AIMD-95-177 Environmental monitoring Reimbursements to government Government collections Systems conversions Pollution control Liability (legal) Financial management systems Internal controls Data integrity Accounts receivable Superfund Program EPA Financial Management System EPA Integrated Financial Management System Superfund Cost Recovery Image Processing System Superfund Cost Organization and Recovery Enhancement System Joint Financial Management Improvement Program Superfund Document Management System EPA Cost Recovery Collection Tracking System Superfund Trust Fund Letter Report AIMD Under the Superfund program, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for recovering from responsible parties billions in costs associated with cleaning up the worst hazardous waste sites. In 1992 and again in 1995, GAO cited the Superfund as a "high-risk" government program and noted that EPA lacked the information needed to adequately management and support is cost recovery efforts. EPA's cost recovery effort is supported by several financial and records management systems. Because of limitations in these systems, cost recovery staff cannot fully depend on the system to provide all the information needed for cost recovery. Instead, staff must do excessive manual searches and reconciliations to ensure that the information supporting cost recovery cases is accurate, reliable, and complete. EPA is aware of these limitations and has taken steps to address them. For example, planned modifications to the financial systems should produce more detailed cost data, thus reducing manual reconciliation efforts. GAO notes additional measures that EPA could take to ensure that its systems provide the best possible support for its cost recovery efforts. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-177/html/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-177.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-177/pdf/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-177.pdf GAO/AIMD-95-177 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-177 Letter Report GAO/AIMD-95-177; Superfund: System Enhancements Could Improve the Efficiency of Cost Recovery; Environmental monitoring Reimbursements to government Government collections Systems conversions Pollution control Liability (legal) Financial management systems Internal controls Data integrity Accounts receivable Superfund Program EPA Financial Management System EPA Integrated Financial Management System Superfund Cost Recovery Image Processing System Superfund Cost Organization and Recovery Enhancement System Joint Financial Management Improvement Program Superfund Document Management System EPA Cost Recovery Collection Tracking System Superfund Trust Fund