Department of Agriculture

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...

USDA OIG assessed whether dog breeders corrected previous noncompliances and whether the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service carried out enforcement actions for substantiated Animal Welfare Act violations.

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

The USDA OIG's Office of Analytics and Innovation has developed a second version of Broadband: A Data Stroll in partnership with the U.S. Department of Commerce OIG and the Federal Communications Commission OIG.

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.