Reports - Audit
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Fiscal Year 2019 Federal Information Security Modernization Act
As required by FISMA, OIG reviewed USDA’s ongoing efforts to improve its information technology security program and practices during fiscal year 2019.
ARS' Animal Welfare Act Controls to Prevent Mistreatment of Animals Used For Researching Parasitic Diseases
We identified the animals ARS used for parasitic disease research and determined that ARS no longer uses animals subject to the Animal Welfare Act for this type of research.
Agreed-Upon Procedures: Employee Benefits, Withholdings, Contributions, and Supplemental Semiannual Headcount Reporting Submitted to the Office of Personnel Management FY 2019
OIG performed Agreed-Upon Procedures for assessing information reported by USDA’s NFC
Agricultural Conservation Easement Program —Application Process and Selection Priorities
OIG assessed NRCS’ application and ranking process for selecting easements with ACEP funding.
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.
Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 18, Report on Controls at the 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 FinanceCenter (NFC) description of its payroll/personnel and application hosting services used toprocess customer agencies’ transactions throughout the period October 1, 2018 to July 31, 2019.
Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagement No. 18 Report on Controls at Financial Management Services for October 1, 2018 to June 30, 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) Financial Management Services (FMS) description of its financial systems used to process user entities financial transactions throughout the period October 1, 2018 to June 30, 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.