Independent Service Auditor's Report on the Office of the Chief Information Officer’s Description of Its Data Center Hosting and Security Systems and the Suitability of the Design and Operating Effectiveness of Its Controls for the Period October 1, 2020

This report presents the results of the System and Organization Controls 1 Type 2 examinationconducted in accordance with Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 18 forthe United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of the Chief Information Officer’s(OCIO’s) description of its data center hosting and security systems used to process user entities’transactions throughout the period October 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021.