USDA Office of Inspector General – Organization for Competitive Markets https://competitivemarkets.com Thu, 02 Jan 2014 23:30:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/competitivemarkets.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cropped-logo-square.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 USDA Office of Inspector General – Organization for Competitive Markets https://competitivemarkets.com 32 32 41386461 Latest Chapter in Beef Checkoff Saga; USDA OIG Relents https://competitivemarkets.com/latest-chapter-in-beef-checkoff-saga-usda-oig-relents/ Thu, 02 Jan 2014 23:18:26 +0000 http://www.competitivemarkets.com/?p=2026

A letter dated November 4, 2013 from USDA Office of Inspector General contained some very welcome news, specifically: “…your FOIA appeal is granted”. For some time OCM’s legitimate request for material relating to a particular OIG audit had met with what could best be described as evasion and stalling. But, unlike previous correspondence from this agency, this letter was signed personally by the Inspector General, Phyllis K. Fong. Background: Back in July of 2010, an outside independent audit Read More ...]]> 2026