Reports

09.10.2024

Audit of Office of Marine and Aviation Operations Class B Ship Acquisition

We are initiating an audit of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) Class B Ship program.

08.29.2024

Wisconsin Man Sentenced to Prison for COVID-19 Program Fraud

MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O'Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Curtis A. Alleyne, 40, Almond, Wisconsin was sentenced on August 23, 2024 by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to a year and a day in federal prison for wire fraud and money laundering associated with a COVID-19 pandemic relief program.

08.29.2024

Audit of the First Responder Network Authority's Oversight of Service Availability for the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network

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

08.27.2024

A Lack of Program Management Controls and Attention to IT Security Threatens the Success of NOAA's Effort to Implement a Cloud-Based Common Ground System

Attached is our final report on the audit of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA's) implementation of a cloud-based common ground system.

Report Number OIG-24-034-A

07.31.2024

Audit of EDA’s Review Process for Selecting Tech Hub Awardees

We are initiating an audit of the U.S. Economic Development Administration's (EDA's) Regional Technology and Innovation Hub (Tech Hub) program.

07.31.2024

Fraud Alert: Fake Government Procurement Schemes

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Commerce is aware of scams involving foreign actors impersonating procurement officials and defrauding small and large businesses alike of items that are easily subject to theft and quick resale (e.g., electronics and communication equipment).

07.30.2024

Semiannual Status Report on NTIA's Broadband Programs

This is the fourth in a series of semiannual reviews by the Office of Inspector General’s Broadband Oversight Division

Report Number OIG-24-033-I

07.30.2024

NOAA's Office of Space Commerce Efforts to Provide Space Situational Awareness Services Have Been Delayed and Need a Realistic Schedule

Attached is our final report on our audit of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) Office of Space Commerce.

Report Number OIG-24-031-A

07.18.2024

February 2024 FirstNet Authority's Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network Outage Raised a Significant Risk to the Readiness of First Responders Across the Country

Attached is a management alert about the nationwide outage on February 22, 2024, of the First Responder Network Authority's (FirstNet Authority's) Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN).

Report Number OIG-24-030-M

07.09.2024

Quality Control Review of the PPA, LLP, Single Audit of the University of Rhode Island Research Foundation for the Fiscal Year Ended 2021

This report provides the final results of our quality control review (QCR) of the single audit that PPA, LLP, completed of the University of Rhode Island Research Foundation for the fiscal year (FY) ended June 30, 2021.

Report Number OIG-24-QCR-1