Reports - Audit

OIG reviewed USDA’s ongoing efforts to improve its IT security program and practices during FY 2017, as required by the Federal Information Security Modernization Act.

OIG reviewed the U.S. Department of Agriculture's initial implementation of the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014.

OIG reviewed the coordination and shared data efforts for identifying noncompliance with farm programs among Farm Service Agency, Risk Management Agency and Natural Resources Conservation Service.

OIG reviewed how Natural Resources Conservation Service administers the wetland provisions in the "prairie pothole region" to evaluate if NRCS established accepted guidance and procedures.

An independent certified public accounting firm was contracted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to conduct an agreed-upon procedures engagement to assess selected aspects of the state of Kentucky's compliance with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program regulations.

The Department of Agriculture’s Office of Inspector General initiated a review of the integrity of USDA’s scientific research program as a result of a whistleblower complaint in which a researcher alleged managerial violations of the Department’s Scientific Integrity Policy.