Reports - Inspection / Evaluation

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) inspected two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) offices to assess inventory and information security controls for excessing USDA’s computer equipment. OIG’s objectives were to determine whether USDA is effectively managing excess equipment in its inventory and whether controls exist to provide reasonable assurance that USDA has adequate security over its excessed equipment.

OIG evaluated Rural Development’s administration and oversight of the Rural Housing Service’s Uniform Residential Loan Application Information Technology Project.

OIG reviewed the Rural Business-Cooperative Service’s internal controls over the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program grant recipients’ use of funds.

OIG reviewed the Forest Service’s funding and monitoring of selected IIJA project proposals for the Collaborative Aquatic Landscape Restoration Program.

At the request of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) , OIG reviewed Rural Development's (RD) contributions to the National Drug Control Strategy.

OIG reviewed the security controls of industrial control systems – programmable systems and devices that interact with the physical environment – at three USDA agencies.

The Office of Inspector General performed an evaluation of an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) facility’s physical condition and security.

OIG reviewed USDA’s compliance with a specific provision of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012.

OIG reviewed whether Conservation Reserve Program recipients who received Climate-Smart Practice Incentive payments in FY 2023 were eligible for the incentive.

We conducted oversight of Forest Service's (FS) funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Division J for Hazardous Fuels Management activities.