The Government Accountability Office report has been release regarding the overstatement of enforcement of environmental penalties by the USEPA. Here is a link to the twenty-one (21) page report http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081111r.pdf.
The GAO report finds that the USEPA has overstated its enforcement of environmental violations to the public and to Congress by reporting the fines and penalties levied even though the fines and penalties may never be paid. The USEPA defended its reporting practices as