Reports

08.18.2020

2020 Census Alert: The Census Bureau Faces Challenges in Accelerating Hiring and Minimizing Attrition Rates for Abbreviated 2020 Census Field Operations

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is issuing this 2020 Census Alert to bring to your attention our concerns—about hiring and retaining sufficient numbers of field employees during the shortened nonresponse follow-up (NRFU) operation—that require immediate attention.

Report Number OIG-20-041-M

08.14.2020

Evaluation of EDA's Plan for Implementing CARES Act Funding

We are initiating an evaluation of the Economic Development Administration's (EDA's) plan for the implementation of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) funding.

08.13.2020

Request for Information and Notice of Interview to Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham from the Inspector General re: 2020 Census Schedule

The U.S. Census Bureau (the Bureau) is conducting the 2020 Census as constitutionally mandated, and a complete and accurate count is essential.

Report Number OIG-20-039-M

08.13.2020

Request for Information and Notice of Interview to Secretary Wilbur Ross from the Inspector General re: 2020 Census Schedule

The U.S. Census Bureau (the Bureau) is conducting the 2020 Census as constitutionally mandated, and a complete and accurate count is essential.

Report Number OIG-20-038-M

08.13.2020

Management Alert: The Census Bureau Cannot Account for the Return of All Devices Used During 2020 Decennial Census Field Operations

Attached is a management alert on the U.S. Census Bureau's (the Bureau's) oversight of laptop computers used during the 2020 Decennial Census in-field address canvassing operation.

Report Number OIG-20-040-M

07.20.2020

Fleet Program Is Not Managed in Accordance with Fleet Management Requirements

Attached is our final report that provides the results of our audit of the U.S. Department of Commerce's (Department's) fleet management program.

Report Number OIG-20-037-A

07.15.2020

IG Letter to Chairman Gerald Connolly re: the Return of Employees to Federal Offices in the Wake of the Coronavirus Pandemic

Dear Chairman Connolly: We are in receipt of your letter of June 15, 2020, requesting that the Office of Inspector General (OIG) examine the plans and procedures of the U.S. Department of Commerce (the Department) for returning employees to federal offices in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, and your staff's follow-up communication of July 9, 2020, requesting acknowledgement …

Report Number OIG-20-036-M

07.14.2020

Maryland Defense Contractor Facing Federal Indictment for Procurement Fraud

Baltimore, Maryland – A federal grand jury has indicted Cory Collin Fitzgerald Sanders, age 39, of Hagerstown, Maryland, on federal charges of wire fraud, false claims, and aggravated identity theft in connection with his companies' performance on federal contracts. The indictment was returned on July 8, 2020, and was unsealed at his initial appearance yesterday.

07.14.2020

Request for Information to Deputy Secretary Karen Dunn Kelley from the Inspector General re: Phased Reopening of Department Offices

On June 15, 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated Phase 1 of the three-phased framework set forth in Guidelines for Opening Up America Again, promulgated by the White House and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and referenced in Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M-20-23, …

Report Number OIG-20-035-M

07.07.2020

Request for Information to Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham from the Inspector General

You recently announced that the U.S. Census Bureau (the Bureau) has hired two new staff: (1) Nathaniel Cogley, PhD, as the Deputy Director for Policy, and (2) Adam Korzeniewski, as the Senior Advisor to the Deputy Director for Policy.

Report Number OIG-20-034-M