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Each year, in accordance with the Reports Consolidation Act of 2000,1 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 agency’s annual performance and accountability report. Our oversight work provides a unique window to the challenges facing USAGM, and OIG concludes that the following were the most important challenges in FY 2020:
- Information security and management
- Financial and property management
- Grant management
These issues go to the core of USAGM’s programs and operations and have been crucial challenges for the past 6 years. Continued attention to these concerns will improve USAGM’s operations and, accordingly, its ability to fulfill its underlying mission. OIG provides this report so that, taken together with the work OIG produces through the year, USAGM can institute appropriate measures to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness.