Department of Commerce

The report represents the first product in OIG’s review of the Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) implementation of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (the Act). The purpose of this report is to highlight key EDA oversight challenges and best practices—based on prior OIG reports and other...

Our objectives were to (1) assess the maturity of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) Polar Follow-On program missions’ system design for indications of cost, schedule or performance issues that would threaten the ability of the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) program to...

This report summarizes work we initiated and completed during this semiannual period on a number of critical Departmental activities. Over the past 6 months, our office completed 14 audits, inspections, responses to Congressional requests, and public investigative reports—as well as 1 Congressional...

We conducted an audit to evaluate controls over the Working Capital Fund in FY 2016. Specifically, we sought to determine whether (1) there were effective controls over the billing and algorithm development processes, (2) relationships of reimbursements and billings to services provided were...

We conducted this audit to evaluate (1) the criteria and process for determining the number and locations of field offices; (2) the U.S. Census Bureau’s plans for reducing costs associated with the fewer number of field offices as part of reengineered field operations; and (3) the planned process...

We conducted this review to determine the Department’s compliance with the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002, as amended by the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 and the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012.

We conducted this audit to determine whether key security measures are in place to adequately protect International TradeAdministration systems that utilize cloud computing services.

This report provides the results of our audit, with the objective to assess First Responder Network Authority’s management and oversight of the Band 14 Incumbent Spectrum Relocation Grant Program.

Our objective was to determine whether NOAA established and administered BPAs in accordance with laws, regulations, and agency guidance. We reviewed a total of 30 BPAs— 17 GSA Schedule BPAs and 13 NOAA-established BPAs. Overall, we found that NOAA did not properly establish or administer all 30 BPAs...

For our final report on the audit of 2020 Census background check preparedness, we reviewed the Census Bureau’s revised background checkpolicies and procedures, as well as its plan for accommodating the background check and hiring needs of the 2020 Census. Our objectives were to (1) assess the...