Department of Commerce OIG

We conducted this review to determine the Department’s compliance with the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002, as amended by the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 and the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012.

We conducted this audit to determine whether key security measures are in place to adequately protect International TradeAdministration systems that utilize cloud computing services.

This report provides the results of our audit, with the objective to assess First Responder Network Authority’s management and oversight of the Band 14 Incumbent Spectrum Relocation Grant Program.

Our objective was to determine whether NOAA established and administered BPAs in accordance with laws, regulations, and agency guidance. We reviewed a total of 30 BPAs— 17 GSA Schedule BPAs and 13 NOAA-established BPAs. Overall, we found that NOAA did not properly establish or administer all 30 BPAs...

For our final report on the audit of 2020 Census background check preparedness, we reviewed the Census Bureau’s revised background checkpolicies and procedures, as well as its plan for accommodating the background check and hiring needs of the 2020 Census. Our objectives were to (1) assess the...

For our final audit report conducted to review the NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) ship fleet, our objective was to determine whether NOAA OMAO coordinates ship maintenance and repairs of its fleet using the Shipboard Automated Maintenance Management System (SAMMS).

In May 2016, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) initiated an investigation into an allegation that a high-level political appointee (Political Appointee) at an agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce (Agency) was using the Agency’s account with a local taxicab company (Cab Company) for...

In May 2014, a private party filed a sealed qui tam complaint in federal court, alleging that Frontier, West Virginia, Inc. (Frontier), a subrecipient of a National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) grant to the State of West...

In early 2015, a confidential complainant contacted OIG alleging potential policy and regulatory violations taking place in the office of a high-ranking political appointee. The evidence developed over the course of inquiry established that a variety of problems arose in the appointee's office...