Reports

04.12.2019

Evaluation of the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020 Census Address Canvassing Operation

We are initiating an evaluation of the U.S. Census Bureau's (the Bureau's) 2020 Census Address Canvassing operation.

04.09.2019

Fiscal Year 2019 FISMA Compliance Audit

As required by the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA), OIG is initiating its fiscal year 2019 audit of the Department's information security program and practices.

03.31.2019

Semiannual Report to Congress, March 2019

I am pleased to present the Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General's (OIG's) Semiannual Report to Congress for the 6 months ending March 31, 2019.

Report Number SAR-2019-03

03.13.2019

USPTO Needs to Improve Management over the Implementation of the Trademark Next Generation System

We are initiating an audit of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO's) information technology management of Trademark Next Generation (TMNG).

Report Number OIG-19-012-A

03.04.2019

2019 Annual Letter to OMB re: Government Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2012

The Government Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2012 (Charge Card Act) and OMB's implementing guidance require each office of inspector general (OIG) to perform annual risk assessments, as well as to submit semiannual reports to OMB, in coordination with the Department, of employee purchase or integrated card violations and the resulting actions taken.

Report Number Correspondence

03.04.2019

FY 2019 Audit of the Department's Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 Reporting

Our office contracted with KPMG LLP—an independent certified public accounting firm—to audit the U.S. Department of Commerce's (the Department's) fiscal year 2019 first quarter Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 (DATA Act) submission to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Report Number Announcement

03.01.2019

FY 2019 USPTO Financial Statements Audit

Our office contracted with KPMG LLP, an independent certified public accounting firm, to audit the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO's) fiscal year 2019 financial statements.

Report Number Announcement

03.01.2019

FY 2019 Department of Commerce Consolidated Financial Statements Audit

Our office contracted with KPMG LLP, an independent certified public accounting firm, to audit the U.S. Department of Commerce's (the Department's) fiscal year 2019 consolidated financial statements.

Report Number Announcement

02.26.2019

Audit of the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020 Census Performance and Scalability Test

We are initiating an audit of the U.S. Census Bureau's decennial information technology (IT) security measures.

02.22.2019

Audit of USPTO's Backup and Restoration Policies, Procedures, and Practices of the Patent Capture and Application Processing System

We are initiating an audit on U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO's) backup and restoration policies, procedures, and practices of the Patent Capture and Application Processing (PCAP) system.