Department of Commerce OIG

For our audit of NIST’s Working Capital Fund for fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, our objective was to determine whether budgetary controls over the fund were adequate. Specifically, the audit focused on determining whether the fund was (1) recovering the full cost of reimbursable services; (2)...

This is a management alert on the Business Applications Solution (BAS) program’s approach to business process reengineering, which requires immediate attention, given that the program is in a crucial design phase of the overall effort. The BAS program seeks to modernize the U.S. Department of...

For our evaluation of the International Trade Administration’s (ITA’s) U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service’s (US&FCS’s) officer promotion process, our objective was to determine whether US&FCS adhered to applicable laws, regulations, and policies when conducting the 2018 officer promotion process. We...

This is our final report on the audit of the Bureau of Industry and Security’s (BIS’s) and the International Trade Administration’s (ITA’s) processes and procedures for reviewing and adjudicating product exclusion requests for aluminum and steel tariffs, as prescribed by Presidential Proclamations...

OIG issued this 2020 Census Alert due to our concerns—about the Census Bureau’s (Bureau’s) inconsistent implementation of safety procedures to prevent the spread of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) as it completed its 2020 Census operations—that required immediate attention. Based on the number and...

For our audit of the U.S. Department of Commerce's (the Department’s) collection, production, acquisition, maintenance, distribution, use, and preservation of geospatial data, our objective was to assess the Department’s progress toward compliance with the 13 covered agency responsibilities under...