Department of Commerce OIG

This is our report of our audit of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) processes for awarding and monitoring Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief funds. Our audit objectives were to determine whether (1) NOAA followed federal and Departmental guidelines when awarding grants and...

This report provides the results of our most recent audit of the efforts that the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) has taken to include federal government needs and requirements into the planning of the nationwide public safety broadband network (NPSBN). Specifically, we assessed...

This report addresses the status of the Census Bureau’s (the bureau’s) 2020 Census program preparation and planning efforts. Our audit objectives were to (1) assess the methods and costs of continuously updating the Master Address File Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing...

This report provides the results of our audit of the effectiveness of the Census Bureau’s unliquidated obligation (ULO) review policies and procedures developed in response to an OIG audit report issued in June 2013 (OIG-13-026-A). In that report, we concluded that Department-wide controls over the...

This report details the results of our audit of Trademark’s controls and use of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) Activity-Based Information (ABI) system. Specifically, our objectives were to review allocation algorithms and controls of the ABI system and determine whether Trademark’s use...

For our final report on the sufficiency of the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NOAA Fisheries’) research and progress toward implementation of electronic monitoring (EM) programs, our objectives were to evaluate NOAA Fisheries’ study, oversight, progress, implementation, and incorporation of EM...

This report contains the results of our audit of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) working capital fund (WCF). We conducted the audit in response to language included in the Senate Appropriations Committee Report related to the Department’s FY 2015 appropriations, which...

This report contains the results of our audit of the effectiveness of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST’s) unliquidated obligation (ULO) review policies and procedures developed in response to an OIG audit report issued in June 2013 (OIG-13-026-A). In that report, we...

For our final report on the evaluation of the budgetary controls over the Census Bureau’s Working Capital Fund, we assessed the controls for building overhead rates and distributing charges to projects, reviewed the appropriateness of the level of fund balances, and evaluated compliance with...

This our final report on fiscal year (FY) 2015 improper payment reporting. We conducted this review to comply with the requirements of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (IPIA)--as amended by the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 (!PERA) and the Improper Payments...