Department of Commerce

This final report documents the results of our audit on the effectiveness of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) unliquidated obligation (ULO) review policies and procedures developed since our OIG audit report issued in June 2013 (OIG-13-026-A). In our 2013 report, we...

Department of Commerce DATA Act Readiness

This is our audit of the International Trade Administration’s (ITA’s) Enforcement and Compliance’s (E&C’s) efforts to ensure timely and accurate preliminary and final determinations for antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) proceedings, including investigations and administrative...

This is our audit of the Economic Development Administration’s (EDA’s) fiscal years (FYs) 2014 and 2015 solicitation, evaluation, and selection processes for Public Works (PW) and Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) grant recipient selections. Our objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of EDA...

For this audit, our objective was to evaluate the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA’s) management of the State and Local Implementation Grant Program (SLIGP). We also reviewed the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST’s) related grants administration...

This is our final report on the evaluation of the Census Bureau’s 2020 decennial program preparation and planning efforts. We initiated our evaluation of the 2016 Census Test to review (1) the effectiveness of the new management structure and (2) the effectiveness of the operational control system...

This is our audit of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO’s) information technology (IT) security posture. Our objective was to determine whether key security measures are in place to adequately protect USPTO systems that utilize databases to store business information.

This is our audit of the Census Bureau’s controls over administrative records and third-party data for decennial census planning. The objective of this audit was to assess the Bureau’s controls for obtaining, using, retaining, and disposing of administrative records and third-party data as part of...

This final report documents the results of our audit on the effectiveness of the Economic Development Administration’s (EDA’s) unliquidated obligation (ULO) review policies and procedures developed since our OIG audit report issued in June 2013 (OIG-13-026-A). In our 2013 report, we concluded that...

This is our final audit report conducted in support of OIG’s oversight role for the planning and implementation of the 2020 Census. The audit’s original objective was to assess the risk that the Address Canvassing Test would not accomplish its stated goals. However, after we began audit fieldwork...