Reports

06.29.2022

FY 2021 SBIR Report Letter to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

Dear Chairwoman Johnson and Ranking Member Lucas: 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) 2021.

06.29.2022

FY 2021 SBIR Report Letter to the House Committee on Small Business

Dear Chairwoman Velazquez and Ranking Member Luetkemeyer: 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) 2021.

06.28.2022

Audit of FirstNet Authority's Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network Coverage

06.28.2022

Audit of FirstNet Authority's Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network Device Connection Targets

We are initiating an audit of the First Responder Network Authority's (FirstNet Authority's) oversight of the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network.

06.28.2022

Audit of Polar Weather Satellites Program Execution

We are initiating an audit of NOAA's PWS program. Our objective is to assess the PWS program's execution of selected development activities.

06.27.2022

Audit of NOAA's Geostationary Extended Observations Program Formulation

We are initiating an audit of NOAA's GeoXO program. Our objective is to assess NOAA's progress defining GeoXO's mission and establishing programmatic baselines.

06.23.2022

Fiscal Year 2021 Compliance with Improper Payment Requirements

This memorandum provides our final report on fiscal year (FY) 2021 improper payment reporting. Our review objective was to determine the U.S. Department of Commerce's (the Department's) compliance with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (PIIA).

06.22.2022

Inspector General Letter to Chairwoman Maloney re: Detailee Request

In response to your request, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) Office of Inspector General agrees to detail ' ' to the majority staff of the Subcommittee on Government Operations (Subcommittee) within the Committee in Oversight and Reform for the United States House of Representatives beginning on or about June 22, 2022, and ending January 2, 2023.

06.17.2022

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company Fined $1 Million For Causing Oil Spill

NEW ORLEANS – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK COMPANY, LLC ('GREAT LAKES'), a Texas company, was sentenced on June 14, 2022 for violating the Clean Water Act in connection with an oil spill and ordered to pay a $1 million fine.

06.15.2022

The Department Mismanaged, Neglected, and Wasted Money on the Implementation of IT Security Requirements for Its National Security Systems

Attached for your review is our final report on the evaluation of the U.S. Department of Commerce's (the Department's) and its bureaus' management of national security systems.

Report Number OIG-22-023-I