This report summarizes the following top management and performance challenges facing the Department of Commerce in FY 2025: (I) Modernizing Technology and Systems (Maximizing Cybersecurity and IT Security, Modernizing IT Systems and Operations, and Integrating AI and Other Emerging Technologies Safely); (II) Providing Core Services and Data (Ensuring Secure, Fair International Trade, Maintaining and Improving NOAA Operations and Services, Safeguarding Intellectual Property and Fostering Innovation, and Ensuring Quality Population Data); and (III) Managing Spending (Strengthening Oversight in Response to Dramatic Growth, Strengthening Oversight of the Hollings MEP Program, Managing Major Broadband Grant Programs, Managing and Overseeing CHIPS Funding, Overseeing the NPSBN Program, and Overseeing NIST Facility Improvement Project Contracts)
Report File
Date Issued
Submitting OIG
Department of Commerce OIG
Other Participating OIGs
Department of Commerce OIG
Agencies Reviewed/Investigated
Department of Commerce
Report Number
OIG-25-001
Report Description
Report Type
Top Management Challenges
Agency Wide
Yes
Number of Recommendations
0
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$0
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