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ARA—Assessment of Farm Service Agency's Applications for the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program

Report Information

Date Issued
Report Number:
03801-0003-41
Report Type
Inspection / Evaluation
Component
Farm Service Agency
Description
We found the selected nonstatistical sample of the FSA’s ECAP applications contained accurate information, but determined FSA should establish additional oversight activities for commodity information for self-certified applications the agency considered low risk.
Joint Report
No
Agency Wide
Yes (agency-wide)
Questioned Costs
$0
Funds for Better Use
$0
View report on Oversight.gov

Recommendations

Develop and implement oversight activities for ECAP to provide reasonable assurance that selfcertified commodity information for routine applications is accurate.

Document the agency’s program risk assessment process to ensure the agency considers and validates risks related to the accuracy of self-certified information on pre-filled applications.