Department of Commerce

Our evaluation objective was to determine whether the Department and its bureaus are managing national security systems in compliance with federal and Departmental information technology security requirements.We found the following:I. The Department mismanaged and neglected information technology...

Our evaluation was conducted as part of a series of reviews to determine whether the Bureau’s planning and execution of 2020 Census peak operations successfully reduced the risk to decennial census data quality and costs. Overall, we found that the Bureau continues to face longstanding challenges in...

For our final report on fiscal year (FY) 2021 improper payment reporting, our review objective was to determine the U.S. Department of Commerce's (the Department’s) compliance with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (PIIA). To determine FY 2021 compliance, we reviewed the “Payment...

For our final report on fiscal year (FY) 2019 improper payment reporting, our review objective was to determine the U.S. Department of Commerce's (the Department’s) FY 2019 compliance with the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (IPIA), as amended. In determining compliance, we also evaluated...

This report summarizes work that OIG initiated and completed during this semiannual period ending March 31, 2022, on a number of critical Departmental activities. Over the past 6 months—in addition to issuing OIG's annual "Top Management and Performance Challenges Facing the Department of Commerce"...

For our final report on the audit of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) management of its Active Directories, our audit objective was to determine whether NOAA has adequately managed its Active Directories to protect mission critical systems and data. To address this...

For our final report on our audit of the U.S. Department of Commerce's (the Department's) system security assessment process, our objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department's system security assessment and continuous monitoring program to ensure security deficiencies were identified...

For our final report on our audit of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES)–R series program (the Program), our objective was to assess the Program’s progress in achieving launch readiness for the GOES-T mission. To satisfy our...

This final report provides the results of our evaluation of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s (the Department’s) processes for handling hotline complaints referred by the Office of Inspector General (OIG). The objective of our evaluation was to review the Department’s processes for responding to...

For our final report on the evaluation of the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network's (NPSBN's) security architecture, our objective was to assess the NPSBN's security risks resulting from its security architecture. We contracted with The MITRE Corporation (MITRE)—an independent firm—to perform...