Reports - Other

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) completed a final action verification of all 10 recommendations in our April 28, 2015, report on Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs (Audit Report 27601-0001-41).

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) completed a final action verification of all 11 recommendations in our July 29, 2016, report on Forest Service Wildland Fire Activities— Hazardous Fuels Reduction (Audit Report 08601-0004-41).

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) completed a final action verification (FAV) of all five recommendations in our September 29, 2016, report on the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Controls Over (SNAP) Benefits For Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD) (Audit Report 27601-0002-31).

We reviewed whether RHS’ controls over liquidation value appraisals safeguard the SFH Guaranteed Loan Program against overstated loss claims.

OIG reviewed controls to determine whether NIFA allocated its program funds accurately and used funding calculation methods that complied with statutory formulas.

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is responsible for adhering to privacy laws and regulations pertaining to the storage and use of personally identifiable information (PII) of its customers and employees. The Office of Inspector General performed this audit of agency systems to provide an overall assessment of the encryption controls in place. We assessed seven USDA agencies’ encryption security posture to determine if they protected and encrypted PII data appropriately.

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.