Reports

09.14.2022

Missing Security Controls Put the Department's Cloud-Based High Value Assets at Risk

This final report provides the results of our audit of the U.S. Department of Commerce's (the Department's) security controls for cloud-based high value assets (HVAs).

Report Number OIG-22-031-A

09.13.2022

Report of LOC Peer Review of Commerce OIG Inspections and Evaluations

This required external peer reviews was conducted in accordance with the Council of the of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) Inspection and Evaluation Committee guidance as contained in the CIGIE Guide for Conducting External Peer Reviews of Inspection and Evaluation Organization of Federal Offices of Inspector General (December 2000).

09.09.2022

Harvey Man Sentenced for Causing 2016 Oil Spill

NEW ORLEANS – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced JAMES TASSIN, age 52, of Harvey, was sentenced to 2 years probation on September 8, 2022 for violating the Clean Water Act in connection with an oil spill.

09.02.2022

Inspector General Response Letter to Senator Thune

Dear Senator Thune: Thank you for your June 23, 2022, letter requesting that the Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigate and examine several questions related to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA's) Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP), a program funded at nearly $3 billion as part of the …

08.30.2022

Audit Of USPTO's Acquisition Practice

We are initiating an audit of United States Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO's) acquisition practices.

08.29.2022

Audit of the Department's Implementation of the Business Applications Solution Program

Attached is our final report on the audit of the U.S. Department of Commerce's Business Applications Solution (BAS) program.

08.25.2022

FirstNet Authority Did Not Have Reliable Cost Estimates to Ensure It Awarded Two Reinvestment Task Orders at Fair and Reasonable Prices

Attached is our final report on our audit of First Responder Network Authority's (FirstNet) Authority's) process for developing Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCEs) for its first two reinvestment task orders.

Report Number OIG-22-029-A

08.23.2022

Evaluation of 2020 Census Experiments and Evaluations Operation

We are initiating an evaluation of the U.S. Census Bureau's (the Bureau's) 2020 Census Experiments and Evaluations Operation.

08.23.2022

Audit of Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources' Administering of National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration Grants

We are initiating an audit of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) grants awarded to the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (PRDNER).

08.22.2022

OIG Body-Worn Camera Policy

This policy establishes requirements and guidance for the use of body-worn cameras (BWCs) by the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce), Office of Inspector General (OIG), Office of Investigations (OI).