Reports

10.13.2022

Top Management and Performance Challenges Facing the Department of Commerce in FY 2023

The Office of Inspector General is required by statute to report annually the most serious management and performance challenges facing the U.S. Department of Commerce (the Department).

Report Number OIG-23-001

10.11.2022

Evaluation of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs

We are initiating an evaluation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Programs.

10.07.2022

Audit of Puerto Rico's Department of Natural and Environmental Resources Use of Federal and Pandemic Relief Financial Assistance Funds (#2023-441)

We are initiating an audit of National Oceanic Atmosphere Administration (NOAA) Fisheries grantees' and subrecipients' use of pandemic relief funds.

10.07.2022

Audit of BIS's Efforts to Counter China's Military-Civilian Fusion Strategy

We are initiating an audit of the Bureau of Industry and Security's (BIS's) efforts to counter China's military-civilian fusion (MCF) strategy.

10.03.2022

FY 2022 SBIR Letter to Congress

Dear Chairs and Ranking Members: In accordance with 15 U.S.C. § 638b(c), this letter transmits the U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General's (OIG's) report of the requested data and information regarding cases related to the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program for fiscal year (FY) 2022.

09.30.2022

Semiannual Report to Congress, September 2022

I am pleased to present the U.S. Department of Commerce (the Department) Office of Inspector General's (OIG's) Semiannual Report to Congress for the 6 months ending September 30, 2022.

Report Number SAR-2022-09

09.22.2022

The Department Needs to Improve Its Metadata Processes Under the Geospatial Data Act

Attached is our final report on our audit of the U.S. Department of Commerce's (the Department's) collection, production, acquisition, maintenance, distribution, use, and preservation of geospatial data.

Report Number OIG-22-032-A

09.22.2022

Performance Audit of the U.S. Department of Commerce's Working Capital Funds

Attached is the final report on the audit of the U.S. Department of Commerce's (the Department's) working capital funds (WCFs) operated by the Office of the Secretary (Departmental) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

Report Number OIG-22-033-A

09.21.2022

AIG's Testimony on the Next Generation of Weather Satellites: House Committee on Space, Science, and Technology

Testimony of Frederick J. Meny, Jr. Assistant Inspector General for Audit and Evaluation U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General before a hearing of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics and Subcommittee on Environment U.S. House of Representatives.

09.14.2022

Lessons Learned from the 2020 Decennial Census

We are issuing this report on the 2020 Decennial Census (2020 Census) to bring to your attention lessons learned during the nonresponse follow up (NRFU) operations for the 2020 Census.

Report Number OIG-22-030