Reports - Other

OIG reviewed RMA’s Annual Forage insurance plan and followed up on recommendations from two prior audit reports on the Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage insurance plan.

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) completed a final action verification of all five recommendations in our September 30, 2016, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center Review Audit Report, 02007-0001-31. Final action verification determines whether the final action documentation the agency provides to the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) supports the agency’s management decision reached with OIG.1, 2 Our objective was to determine whether the documentation ARS provided to OCFO was sufficient to close the recommendations made in Audit Report 02007-0001-31.

We reviewed whether RUS rural infrastructure programs ensured that Native American communities were informed of and appropriately received communityspecific benefits.

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) completed a final action verification of all seven recommendations in our September 8, 2015 report, APHIS Wildlife Services—Wildlife Damage Management (Audit Report 33601-0002-41).

We determined that the Agricultural Marketing Service provided sufficient documentation to the Office of the Chief Financial Officer to close the 12 recommendations we made in our February 2016 audit report on AMS' procurement and inspection of fruits and vegetables.