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Three years ago, the Agriculture Department launched Farmers.gov. The new IT system was meant to deliver self-service tools to farmers and ranchers who rely on government support. USDA plans to spend almost $170 million on it by 2023. So how\u2019s it working? No one quite knows because USDA hasn\u2019t followed its own rules for documenting progress on IT programs. The feedback it\u2019s gathered from farmers isn\u2019t especially illumining either. The Government Accountability Office made 15 recommendations to improve USDA\u2019s oversight of the program. For more, Federal News Network's Jared Serbu spoke with the GAO's Vijay D'Souza on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices