Reports

05.12.2017

FY 2016 Compliance with Improper Payment Requirements

We are initiating a review to determine the Department's compliance with the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002, as amended by the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 and the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012.

Report Number OIG-17-025-I

05.11.2017

2020 Census: The Address Canvassing Test Revealed Cost and Schedule Risks and May Not Inform Future Planning as Intended

As part of our FY 2016 annual planning, we are initiating an evaluation of the 2016 Address Canvassing Test. Our objective is to assess the risk that the 2016 Address Canvassing Test will not accomplish its stated goals.

Report Number OIG-17-024-A

04.27.2017

EDA Can Strengthen Its Policies and Procedures for Monitoring ULOs

This final report documents the results of our audit on the effectiveness of the Economic Development Administration's (EDA's) unliquidated obligation (ULO) review policies and procedures developed since our OIG audit report issued in June 2013 (OIG-13-026-A).

Report Number OIG-17-023-A

04.06.2017

Audit of NIST Oversight and Practices to Close Out Contract Files

We are initiating an audit to assess closing out physically completed contracts at NIST.

03.31.2017

Semiannual Report to Congress, March 2017

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 on March 31, 2017.

Report Number SAR-2017-03

03.29.2017

2020 Census: Census Bureau Needs to Improve Controls over Administrative Records

We are initiating an audit of the Census Bureau's management of administrative records and third-party data.

Report Number OIG-17-022-A

03.24.2017

Inadequate Security Practices, Including Impaired Security of Cloud Services, Undermine USPTO's IT Security Posture

As part of our fiscal year (FY) 2016 Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA) review, OIG is initiating an audit of USPTO's IT security posture.

Report Number OIG-17-021-A

03.23.2017

Follow-up Audit on Recommendations from Audit Report No. OIG-13-032-A, USPTO Successfully Implemented Most Provisions of the America Invents Act, but Several Challenges Remain

We are initiating a follow-up audit on recommendations made in our September 2013 report, USPTO Successfully Implemented Most Provisions of the America Invents Act, but Several Challenges Remain.

03.16.2017

2020 Census: 2016 Census Test Indicates the Current Life-Cycle Cost Estimate is Incomplete and Underestimates Nonresponse Followup

As part of our FY 2016 audit plan, we are initiating an evaluation of the 2016 Census Test.

Report Number OIG-17-020-I

03.14.2017

Expanding Monitoring Controls Will Strengthen the Management of the State and Local Implementation Grant Program (SLIGP)

We are initiating an audit with the objective to evaluate NTIA's management of the State and Local Implementation Grant Program.

Report Number OIG-17-018-A