Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagement No. 18 Report on Controls at National Finance Center for October 1, 2018 to July 31, 2019

This report presents the results of the Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 18 examination for the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Finance Center (NFC) description of its payroll/personnel and application hosting services used to process customer agencies’ transactions throughout the period October 1, 2018 to July 31, 2019. The report contains an unmodified opinion on the description and controls that were suitably designed to provide reasonable assurance that the control objectives would be achieved.