Department of Commerce OIG

Our objective was to assess the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA’s) spending of grant program administrative funds authorized by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). We found that NTIA initially did not maintain a consolidated 10-year spend plan for...

Our audit objective was to assess the adequacy of actions BIS has taken to enforce export controls for China. We specifically assessed whether BIS conducted post-shipment verifications for China and Hong Kong within the required timeframes and took the required steps to hold potential violators...

Identifying and resolving security flaws and weaknesses in IT infrastructure—known as vulnerability management—helps prevent cyberattacks, data breaches, and system disruptions. The National Vulnerability Database (NVD), maintained by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)...

Our Office of Audit and Evaluation issued reports related to the census, cybersecurity, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite programs, broadband programs, and financial management. We made 38 recommendations that, if implemented, will improve the efficiency and...

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) administers and enforces U.S. export regulations to control the export of goods and technologies for national security and foreign policy purposes. Our objective for this audit was to assess the effectiveness of BIS actions to detect violations of export...

This report describes the most serious management and performance challenges facing the Department and its bureaus in FY 2026, categorizing them under three overarching topic areas: Modernizing Technology and Operations, Providing Core Services and Data, and Managing Spending.

Our objective was to determine whether NTIA has an adequate review process to ensure that states’ and territories’ plans meet the BEAD program’s planning phase requirements. We found that NTIA did not have an adequate review process to ensure that states’ and territories’ plans met the BEAD program...

On July 4, 2025, flash flooding occurred in Kerr County in central Texas when water levels along the Guadalupe River rose rapidly, causing widespread and severe property damage, injury, and loss of life. Given the catastrophic nature of the flash flood event, plus ongoing concerns about staffing...

We determined whether the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) is ensuring that the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN) is achieving service availability requirements. We found that overall, FirstNet Authority did not ensure that the NPSBN met service availability...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) is overseeing the construction of new ships, known as Class B ships, to replace hydrographic survey ships that are nearing the end of their planned service lives. Shipbuilding is a complex...