Reports

01.25.2021

Decisions on Exclusions from Section 232 Tariffs Were Not Transparent and Based on Incomplete and Inaccurate Information

Attached for your review is our final report on the audit of the Bureau of Industry and Security's (BIS's) and the International Trade Administration's (ITA's) processes and procedures for reviewing and adjudicating product exclusion requests for aluminum and steel tariffs, as prescribed by Presidential Proclamations 9704 and 9705, respectively, under the authority of …

Report Number OIG-21-020-A

01.21.2021

College Of Staten Island Agrees to Settle Claims Related to Research Misconduct

The College of Staten Island (CSI), a college within the City University of New York (CUNY), has agreed to repay $98,237.86 in federal assistance awarded by the United States to perform research with the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to resolve a federal investigation concerning alleged fabricated research results.

01.13.2021

Audit of the U.S. Census Bureau Working Capital Fund

We are initiating an audit of the U.S. Census Bureau's (the Bureau's) working capital fund (WCF).

01.12.2021

Request for Information to Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham from the Inspector General re: Report on E.O. 13880

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has learned that you recently directed U.S. Census Bureau (Bureau) employees to produce a technical report relating to Executive Order 13880 that includes data on documented and undocumented persons in the United States.

Report Number OIG-21-019-M

01.07.2021

Fundamental Security Safeguards Were Not In Place to Adequately Protect the IT Systems Supporting the 2020 Census

Attached is the final report on our audit of the U.S, Census Bureau's (the Bureau's) decennial information technology (IT) security measures.

Report Number OIG-21-018-A

01.05.2021

EDA Was Effective in Implementing the Requirements for Awarding Funds Under the CARES Act

This memorandum provides the results of our evaluation of the Economic Development Administration's (EDA's) plan for the implementation of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act)1 funding.

Report Number OIG-21-017-I

01.05.2021

Continued FirstNet Authority Management Attention is Needed to Address Control Environment Weaknesses

This final report provides the results of our evaluation of the First Responder Network Authority's (FirstNet Authority's) actions following our management alert, FirstNet Management Altered Contract Requirements Without Authorization, 1 which was a result of a hotline complaint.

Report Number OIG-21-016-I

12.28.2020

2020 Census Alert: Inability to Finish Nonresponse Followup RIs Raises Concerns Over the Quality of More Than 500,000 Cases

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is issuing this 2020 Census Alert to bring to your attention our concerns about the nonresponse follow-up (NRFU) reinterview (RI) operation.

Report Number OIG-21-015-M

12.21.2020

EDA Is Not Fully Complying with All Its Disaster Relief Award Policies

Attached for your review is our final report on the audit of the Economic Development Administration's (EDA's) disaster relief grants award administrative processes and oversight efforts.

Report Number OIG-21-014-A

12.14.2020

Unclassified Joint Report on the Implementation of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Inspector General's (OIG's) Office of Analytics and Innovation and the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) OIG's Data Analytics team have partnered to develop a dynamic new data presentation that provides a unique opportunity to examine the national broadband landscape.