Department of Commerce

This final memorandum addresses the results of our attempt to audit $5,030,452 that the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (the Commission) paid to its subrecipient, the Gulf and South Atlantic Fisheries Foundation (GSAFF), under financial assistance award NA10NMF4770481 from the National...

This is our final report on the audit of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) ship fleet recapitalization effort. Our objective was to determine whether NOAA OMAO performed effective acquisition planning for its construction of...

This report provides the results of our audit to assess the Department of Commerce’s (the Department’s) cybersecurity information sharing program, consistent with the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA). Our audit objective was to determine the capabilities and practices of the...

The Office of Inspector General is required by statute to report annually the most serious management and performance challenges facing the Department of Commerce. Attached is our final report on the Department’s top management and performance challenges for fiscal year 2019.

The Office of Inspector General is required by statute to report annually the most serious management and performance challenges facing the Department of Commerce. Attached is our final report on the Department’s top management and performance challenges for fiscal year 2020.

This memorandum accompanies the U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General report on the Department’s Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 (DATA Act) submission for the first quarter of fiscal year (FY) 2019. The DATA Act, in part, requires federal agencies to report...

The objective of this report is to summarize key findings identified in 2013 reports and in 2016 followup reports produced by 13 Federal agency Offices of Inspectors General (OIGs) regarding original and derivative classification and Classified National Security Information (CNSI) program management...

Our audit objective was to determine whether the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office monetary awards were (a) granted in compliance with the relevant award criteria and (b) sufficiently documented. Our audit scope included awards related to patent examiners’ performance and productivity ratings in...

Our primary objective was to assess the adequacy of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites-R (GOES-R) program’s satellite development and testing, and the transition of launched satellites into operations. Our second objective was to monitor the program’s progress on contracting...

The objectives of our audit were to determine whether the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (1) claimed costs that are allowable, allocable, and reasonable; (2) complied with award terms and conditions as well as administrative requirements, cost principles, and audit requirements of federal...