Department of Commerce

For our final report on the audit of the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) regarding foreign end users and exports, our objective was to assess the effectiveness of BIS’ efforts to ensure foreign end users are suitable to receive and use controlled U.S. exports in accordance with the Export...

For the final report on our audit of the Department of Commerce’s (the Department’s) Enterprise Web Solutions (EWS) system, our objectives were to determine whether the (1) processes used to vet contract staff given administrative access to the EWS system are adequate; (2) Department followed a...

For our final audit report on the U.S. Census Bureau’s (the Bureau’s) 2018 End-to-End Census Test, with specific attention paid to the testing of peak operations, our objectives were to determine whether (1) the test included data quality components identified as success criteria in the test plan,...

For our audit regarding the management of fee payments from AT&T Inc. to the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet). Our audit objectives were to determine whether FirstNet’s processes for setting, collecting, and managing fees, and the National Telecommunications and Information...

For our final report on our audit of the Economic Development Administration’s (EDA’s) Disaster Relief Workforce Planning, our audit objective was to determine whether EDA’s workforce planning process for awarding and administering the Disaster Supplemental funds was adequate and effective. We found...

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.