Exhibit (j) under Form N-1A
                                              Exhibit 23 under Item 601/Reg. S-K







            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


We  consent  to  the  references  to  our  firm  under  the  captions "Financial
Highlights"  in  the  Institutional  Shares  and  Institutional  Service  Shares
Prospectuses  and  under  the caption "Independent Registered Public  Accounting
Firm" in the Institutional  Shares and Institutional Service Shares Statement of
Additional Information in Post-Effective Amendment Number 24 to the Registration
Statement (Form N-1A, No. 33-41004)  of  Federated Intermediate Government Fund,
Inc., and to the incorporation by reference  of  our report dated April 19, 2007
on Federated Intermediate Government Fund, Inc. included in the Annual Report to
Shareholders for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2007.



/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
April 24, 2007