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Farm Service Agency Compliance Activities

Report Information

Date Issued
Report Number:
03601-0001-22
Report Type
Audit
Component
Farm Service Agency
Joint Report
Yes
Participating OIG
Department of Agriculture OIG
Agency Wide
Yes (agency-wide)
Questioned Costs
$0
Funds for Better Use
$0

Recommendations

Develop more specific, detailed county operations review procedures to ensure that reviews are adequately and consistently performed and documented.

Analyze, summarize, and report COR results on a nationwide basis.

Analyze, summarize, and report COR results on a nationwide basis.

Develop a process that identifies in any given year all chattel reviews and year-end analyses that are required (according to criteria outlined in 1-FLP and 4-FLP) to be completed and all that are actually completed to ensure counties are complying with FSA requirements. If a review is determined to not be required, document in the tracking system why the review is not required. If a review is required, but not completed (including required reviews that are not completed due to a cost savings notice), document in the tracking system why the review was not completed, so that FSA can ensure that all loans are periodically reviewed or that the lack of review was justified.

Include specific steps in its IPIA review process to ensure that producer eligibility, including eligibility determinations made by the county office committee or county executive director, is independently verified during the IPIA review process.