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## Recent Reports

April 1, 2024

### Fiscal Year 2023 Quarter 3 Security Evaluation

  OIG reviewed the security of the Forest Service’s information systems and is recommending security improvements.

March 27, 2024

### IIJA Reconnect Program - RUS Consideration and Balance of Broadband Needs

  We completed this informational report on a review of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Reconnect Program - Rural Utilities Service consideration and balance of broadband needs, as conducted by an independent certified public accounting firm.

March 26, 2024

### IIJA–Restoration Projects on Federal/Non-Federal Land: Project Selection

  We conducted this work as part of our ongoing inspection with the objective to conduct integrated oversight of the funding provided to Forest Service's Restoration Projects on Federal and Non-Federal Land from Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).

March 14, 2024

### USDA’s Controls Over Departmental Shared Cost Programs and Working Capital Fund

  OIG evaluated USDA's transfers of funds into and out of the Shared Cost Programs and Working Capital Fund to determine if funds were used in accordance with their purpose.

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