Reports

12.02.2019

Audit of FirstNet's Contract Oversight

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

11.22.2019

FY 2019 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 FY 2019.

11.22.2019

FY 2019 SBIR Report Letter to Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Dear Chairman Rubio and Ranking Member Cardin: 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 FY 2019.

11.22.2019

FY 2019 SBIR report letter to the House Committee on Small Business

Dear Chairwoman Velazquez and Ranking Member Chabot: 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 FY 2019.

11.21.2019

Management Alert: Critical 2020 Census Systems Failed to Meet Peak Recruiting Demands During Testing

Attached is a management alert on the U.S. Census Bureau's (the Bureau's) Decennial Applicant Personnel and Payroll System and the Census Hiring and Employment Check system.

Report Number OIG-20-010-M

11.19.2019

USPTO FY 2019 Financial Statements Audit [See pages 141–145 of FY 2019 Performance and Accountability Report]

Message from the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Report Number OIG-20-009-A

11.19.2019

FY 2019 Consolidated Financial Statements Audit [See pages 46–52 of FY 2019 Agency Financial Report]

Attached for your review is our final report on the audit of the 2018 End-to-End Census (E2E)
Test address canvassing operation. We initiated this audit of the U.S. Census Bureau
(the Bureau) in support of our oversight role over the planning and implementation of the 2020
Census.

Report Number OIG-20-008-A

11.12.2019

Supplemental Memorandum on Report No. OIG-19-021-A, Audit of NOAA Financial Assistance Awards to the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission

This final memorandum addresses the results of our attempt to audit $5,030,452 that the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (the Commission) paid to its subrecipient, the Gulf and South Atlantic Fisheries Foundation (GSAFF), under financial assistance award NA10NMF4770481 from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Report Number OIG-20-007-A

11.12.2019

NOAA's Office of Marine and Aviation Operations Needs to Improve the Planning and Governing of Its Ship Fleet Recapitalization Effort

Attached for your review is our final report on the audit of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) ship fleet recapitalization effort.

Report Number OIG-20-006-A

11.07.2019

Management Alert: U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service Needs to Address Urgent Issues in the Officer Promotion Process

Attached is a management alert on the International Trade Administration's (ITA's) 2018 U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service (US&FCS) officer promotion process.

Report Number OIG-20-005-M