Report Contents
Introduction
Each year, in accordance with the Reports Consolidation Act of 2000, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) identifies the most significant management and performance challenges facing the agency and briefly assesses progress in addressing those challenges. The resulting report is included in the annual agency financial report (AFR). USAGM received an extension for the release of its FY 2025 AFR until the spring of 2026. Consequently, OIG is releasing the statement of the FY 2025 management and performance challenges in 2026 to coincide with USAGM’s AFR. OIG identified the following management challenge in FY 2025:
- Information Security and Management
OIG has identified Information Security and Management as a major management challenge in our reports for the past decade. While USAGM has made progress addressing this concern over the years, continued attention to this area will improve the agency’s operations and strengthen its ability to fulfill its underlying mission. This document includes examples of OIG reports and findings completed in FY 2025 that illustrate this challenge.
On March 14, 2025, the administration issued Executive Order (E.O.) 14238, Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy, which states that “the nonstatutory components and functions of [USAGM] shall be eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law, and [USAGM] shall reduce the performance of their statutory functions and associated personnel to the minimum presence and function required by law.” OIG recognizes that E.O. 14238 has broad implications for USAGM’s operations and, correspondingly, OIG’s oversight of the agency. OIG is conducting oversight work in FY 2026 to inform our future assessments of USAGM’s most significant management and performance challenges.