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Fraud, Abuse, Or Retaliation

2017 Emergency Assistance for Honeybee Claims

Submitting OIG:

Department of Agriculture OIG

Report Description:

OIG reviewed FSA’s implementation of emergency assistance for honeybee claims for PY 2017.

Date Issued:

Monday, September 28, 2020

Agency Reviewed / Investigated:

Department of Agriculture

Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number:

03702-0001-23

Component, if applicable:

Farm Service Agency

Location(s):

Agency-Wide

Type of Report:

Audit

Questioned Costs:

$10,192,341

Number of Recommendations:

14

View Document:

Attachment	Size
03702-0001-23_FR_09282020.pdf	5.46 MB

Related Open Recommendations

Recommendation Number	Recommendation Status	Significant Recommendation	Additional Details
6	Open	Yes	2017 EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR HONEYBEE CLAIMS
Review the two ineligible producers’ honeybee applications totaling over $88,000 in gross payments, and take appropriate corrective actions.
8	Open	Yes	2017 EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR HONEYBEE CLAIMS
Notify FSA State and county offices of handbook requirements for ensuring honeybee producers meet basic eligibility requirements before applying other criteria.
9	Open	Yes	2017 EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR HONEYBEE CLAIMS
Require the State office to review the honeybee producer-reported inventories of the 18 honeybee producers with late-filed colony reports, and take appropriate corrective action on questioned costs totaling $1,102,008.
11	Open	Yes	2017 EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR HONEYBEE CLAIMS
Require the State office to review applications and payments in the identified district, and take appropriate corrective action on questioned costs totaling $3,028,335.
12	Open	Yes	2017 EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR HONEYBEE CLAIMS
Establish and implement requirements for State offices to monitor completion of district director reviews, and evaluate the results of the reviews to determine overall status of ELAP.
13	Open	Yes	2017 EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR HONEYBEE CLAIMS
Provide specific guidance for how to report the results of the district director reviews to the SED and the information to be included in those reports.