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Semiannual Report to Congress FY 2025 - First Half

Semiannual Report to Congress

FY 2025 - First Half

October 1, 2024–March 31, 2025

National Defense Authorization Act

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Fiscal Year 2023 Quarter 4 Security Evaluation

Report Number:
50801-0011-12

OIG determined whether Farm Service Agency (FSA) employees would recognize and respond to phishing email. OIG made three recommendations to OCIO and reached management decision on each of them.

Inspection / Evaluation
Farm Service Agency

IIJA - Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations

Report Number:
10801-0001-24

We determined whether the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) timely submitted a spend plan for Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations (WFPO) funds and accurately reported Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) data to the public, and we determined the methodology NRCS used for selecting projects for funding.

Inspection / Evaluation
Natural Resources Conservation Service

USDA's Management of Default Credentials

Report Number:
50801-0012-12

OIG reviewed and analyzed USDA default credentials vulnerability scans and followed up on a related prior audit recommendation. We also reviewed and evaluated the Department's policies and procedures, and we interviewed responsible USDA officials. OIG made three recommendations to OCIO and reached management decision on each of them.

Inspection / Evaluation

Whole-Farm Revenue Protection Pilot Program

Report Number:
05601-0005-22

We reviewed whether the Risk Management Agency’s and selected approved insurance providers’ oversight of the Whole-Farm Revenue Protection Pilot Program was sufficient to ensure that approved revenues, liabilities, and indemnity payments were accurate.

Audit
Risk Management Agency

Fiscal Year 2023 Quarter 3 Security Evaluation

Report Number:
50801-0009-12

OIG reviewed the Forest Service to determine the likely level of sophistication an attacker would need to compromise selected USDA systems or data. OIG made one recommendation to FS and reached management decision on it.

Inspection / Evaluation
Forest Service

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