Reports

06.03.2020

Quality Control Review of the Audit of Long Island Development Corporation as of and for the Year Ended September 30, 2018

Dear Mr. Becker: Attached is the quality control review (QCR) of the audit of Long Island Development Corporation as of and for the year ended September 30, 2018.

Report Number OIG-20-QCR-3

06.02.2020

The Department Needs to Improve Oversight Practices to Close Out Contract Files by Complying with Federal Regulations and Departmental Requirements

Attached is our final report that combines and summarizes separate audits of the National Institute of Standards Technology (NIST), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and U.S. Census Bureau (Bureau).

Report Number OIG-20-028-A

06.02.2020

Quality Control Review of the Audit of American Rivers, Inc., as of and for the Year Ended June 30, 2018

Attached is the quality control review (QCR) of the audit of American Rivers, Inc., as of and for the year ended June 30, 2018.

Report Number OIG-20-QCR-2

06.01.2020

Quality Control Review of the Audit of Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems as of and for the Year Ended September 30, 2018

Attached is the quality control review (QCR) of the audit of Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems as of and for the year ended September 30, 2018.

Report Number OIG-20-QCR-1

05.27.2020

IG Letter to Senators Moran and Shaheen re: ITA and Department Budgetary Formulation and Execution Processes

Dear Chairman Moran and Vice Chairwoman Shaheen: This responds to your letter of September 11, 2019, to the Secretary of Commerce, requesting that the Department of Commerce (the Department) Office of Inspector General (OIG) conduct a formal inquiry of the International Trade Administration's (ITA's) and the Department’s budgetary formulation and execution processes.

Report Number OIG-20-027-M

05.11.2020

Top Oversight Challenges Facing the Department of Commerce to Ensuring That Pandemic Funds Are Timely and Appropriately Spent

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), H.R. 748, Public Law No. 116-136, was signed into law on March 27, 2020, to respond to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak and its impact on the economy, public health, state and local governments, individuals, and businesses.

Report Number OIG-20-026-M

04.30.2020

2020 Census: The Bureau Can Improve Oversight of Time-and-Materials Delivery Orders on the Integrated Communications Contract

We are initiating an audit of the Census Bureau's (Bureau's) integrated communications contract with Young and Rubicam, Inc.

Report Number OIG-20-025-A

04.30.2020

Management Alert: The Census Bureau Has Not Adjudicated Hundreds of Individuals Identified as Highest-Risk in OPM Background Investigations

Attached is a management alert on the U.S. Census Bureau's (the Bureau's) backlog of un-adjudicated U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) background investigations.

Report Number OIG-20-023-M

04.13.2020

Audit of USPTO's Efforts to Improve the Accuracy of the Trademark Register

We are initiating an audit of the United States Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO's) efforts to improve the accuracy of the trademark register. Our audit objective is to determine whether USPTO's trademark registration process is effective in preventing fraudulent or inaccurate registrations.

04.03.2020

Request for Information to Deputy Secretary Karen Dunn Kelley from the Inspector General

On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the 'Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act' or the 'CARES Act,' Public Law No. 116-136.

Report Number OIG-20-024-M