The Agriculture Department spent $2 million on an internship program in which only one intern was hired, according to a new inspector general report.

The finding was part of a larger USDA inspector general audit that focused on the agency's multi-million dollar effort to improve information technology security.

The 32-page audit found the agency's information systems "are still at risk" because the improvement projects were poorly managed "even after expending $63.4 million of funding increases received" in fiscal years 2010 and 2011.

The audit also focused on the office of the agency's chief information officer and the $2 million it funded for the internship program. While the program was part of the security-enhancement program, it resulted in the hiring of only one full-time intern, the audit stated.

The audit was released August 2 and reported first by the Heritage Foundation.

The audit also found $3 million was spend on technology hardware that was never used and that $235,000 was spent on a project that was later cancelled, according to the foundation.