Federal Reports

Kearney determined that the Commission’s FY 2024 information security program was not in compliance with FISMA legislation, OMB guidance, and applicable NIST special publications.

The FISMA evaluation report includes seven findings and offers 27 recommendations to improve the effectiveness of FCC’s information security program controls. Of the 27 recommendations issued, 21 are either repeats or updates from prior FISMA evaluations, and six address new deficiencies identified in FY 2024. 

For our audit on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) National Weather Service (NWS) hurricane forecast and warning performance, our audit objective was to assess NWS progress toward improving hurricane forecasts and warnings.
We found that NWS has made progress improving tropical cyclone track and intensity forecasts since the Weather Act became law in 2017. Notably, NWS also extended its tropical weather outlook product, which provides tropical cyclone formation forecasts, by two days (from 5 to 7 days), made advancements in hurricane modeling, developed new means for communicating storm surge, and has taken early steps to incorporate social and behavioral science into its risk communications. However, we also found: I. National Hurricane Center has not extended tropical cyclone warnings and excludes performance measures that could help it better focus improvements on high-impact storms; II. National Hurricane Center has not ensured optimal usage of hurricane hunter aircraft; and III. NOAA’s Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program is insufficient to meet the Weather Act’s hurricane forecast and warning goal.

KPMG audited DOI’s financial statements and found one material weakness and one significant deficiency in financial reporting internal controls.

The objective of this inspection was to determine whether the FCA had included required provisions of the WPEA in applicable nondisclosure policies, forms, agreements, and related documents.

The Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 requires annual audits of the U.S. Postal Service’s financial statements. The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 requires the Postal Service to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. This section requires the Postal Service to report the scope and adequacy of its internal control structure and procedures and assess the effectiveness.

The U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors contracted with an independent public accounting (IPA) firm to express opinions on the Postal Service’s fiscal year 2024 financial statements and internal controls over financial reporting (an integrated audit). The IPA firm maintained overall responsibility for testing and reviewing significant Postal Service accounts, processes, and internal controls.