UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20460
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
January 25, 2006
The President
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
On March 3, 2006, I will resign my position as Inspector General of the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) and retire from Federal service. It has been an honor to serve both you and President Clinton since
my appointment as Inspector General in October 1997.
I began work at EPA in 1990 and have had the privilege of working with talented professionals, both within
EPA and within the Office of Inspector General (OIG), dedicated to EPA’s human health and environmental
mission. I am particularly proud of the OIG staff and their successes in working with the Agency to improve EPA
processes and programs. During my tenure as Inspector General, the OIG strived to better serve the Administration,
the Congress, and the American people. In 1999, we began program evaluation work, expanding beyond traditional
audit work, to assess the results of EPA’s environmental programs. Since then, EPA has implemented many of our
recommendations to help make the air cleaner, the water purer, and the land better protected. The OIG has worked
closely with EPA to ensure that taxpayer dollars are well spent and properly managed, and was an instrumental
partner in helping EPA become one of the first Agencies to “get to green” in Financial Management on your
Management Agenda Scorecard.
Inspectors General play a vital role in improving government operations, and I have had the honor of
working with Inspectors General from across the Federal Government as a member of the President’s Council on
Integrity and Efficiency (PCIE), resulting in some of my proudest accomplishments. I led a team of Federal
Inspectors General, Government Accountability Office, state, and local auditors to produce a Guide to Opportunities
to Improve Grant Accountability. The guide will help to ensure that the