Department of Agriculture

To learn how communities across the nation responded to the pandemic, we initiated a multi-part review of six communities—two cities, two rural counties, and two Tribal reservations. This report is the fourth community-specific report and focuses on our work in Marion County, Georgia, where we...

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.

USDA OIG was asked to respond to questions regarding potential anomalies related to locality pay, including telework situations.

The OIG's Office of Analytics and Innovation (OAI) conducted a survey of Forest Service Firefighters to better understand the perceived impact of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) on firefighters, including authorized pay increases, occupational series changes, and programs relevant...

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.

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

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