Department of Agriculture

The Office of Inspector General completed a final action verification of all 143 recommendations in 12 audit reports on the Food and Nutrition Service’s Summer Food Service Program.

OIG determined whether the Forest Service had controls for selecting, funding, tracking, and implementing infrastructure funding to mitigate environmental hazards on Federal land.

OIG reviewed whether the Forest Service converted seasonal wildland firefighters to full-time permanent Federal employees and accurately implemented salary increases for Federal wildland firefighters according to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

OIG determined whether the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights processed final agency decisions and final agency orders for Rural Development’s formal EEO civil rights complaints filed in FY 2022 in a timely manner.

We reviewed the results of prior OIG and Government Accountability Office engagements that were relevant to the to the supplemental disaster funding provided by the American Relief Act, 2025. We identified areas with reported past weaknesses and recommendations that may provide Rural Development (RD...

We reviewed the results of prior OIG and Government Accountability Office engagements that were relevant to the to the supplemental disaster funding provided by the American Relief Act, 2025. We identified areas with reported past weaknesses and recommendations that may provide the Agricultural...

We reviewed the results of prior OIG and Government Accountability Office engagements that were relevant to the to the supplemental disaster funding provided by the American Relief Act, 2025. We identified areas with reported past weaknesses and recommendations that may provide the Forest Service...

We reviewed the results of prior OIG and Government Accountability Office engagements that were relevant to the supplemental disaster and crop insurance funding provided by the American Relief Act, 2025. We identified areas with reported past weaknesses and recommendations that may provide Farm...

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 White Earth Nation Reservation in...

The American Relief Act of 2025 provided the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) with approximately $39.8 billion to carry out projects and activities related to agricultural disaster assistance. It also provided USDA Office of Inspector General with $7.5 million for oversight of such projects and...