Reports

03.23.2016

NIST Working Capital Fund Budgetary Controls Are in Place but Issues with Carryover Balances Policies, and Time Charges Should be Addressed

This final report contains the results of our audit of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) working capital fund (WCF).

Report Number OIG-16-023-A

03.02.2016

NOAA Fisheries Needs to Improve Management and Oversight of Electronic Monitoring Programs

For our final report on the sufficiency of the National Marine Fisheries Service's (NOAA Fisheries') research and progress toward implementation of electronic monitoring (EM) programs, we focused our scope on NOAA Fisheries' operations and considered the adequacy of automated and manual systems and processes to collect information needed to make decisions when developing EM programs

Report Number OIG-16-022-1

02.29.2016

Announcement of Audit of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Use of Blanket Purchase Agreements

We are initiating an audit of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) use of blanket purchase agreements (BPA). This is part of our risk-based oversight strategy developed to address management challenges in its procurement function.

02.23.2016

Census Bureau Reviews of Unliquidated Obligations Could Be Improved with Greater Review Frequency and Additional Documentation

We are initiating an audit of the Census Bureau's unliquidated obligations as a follow-up to our audit report number OIG-13-026-A, Monitoring of Obligation Balances Need Strengthening, issued on June 18, 2013.

Report Number OIG-16-019-A

02.23.2016

The U.S. Census Bureau's Efforts to Ensure an Accurate Address List Raise Concerns over Design and Lack of Cost-Benefit Analysis

As part of our fiscal year 2015 audit plan, we are initiating an audit of the Census Bureau's efforts to continuously update address listings in an effort to reduce the cost of the 2020 decennial census.

Report Number OIG-16-018-A

02.23.2016

Audit of Trademark's Activity-Based Information System

As part of our FY 2015 audit and evaluation plan, we will audit Trademark's activity-based information (ABI) system at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Report Number OIG-16-020-A

02.22.2016

Four Pennsylvania Based Companies and Two Individuals Agree to Pay 3 Million to Settle False Claims Act Suit Alleging Evaded Customs Duties

The Department of Justice announced today that three importers and their owners – Ameri-Source International Inc., Ameri-Source Specialty Products Inc., Ameri-Source Holdings Inc., Ajay Goel and Thomas Diener – and a related importer, SMC Machining LLC, incorporated at Goel's direction and formerly owned by his wife, have agreed to pay $3 million to resolve …

02.08.2016

Audit of FirstNet's Efforts to Include Federal Agencies in its NPSBN

We are initiating an audit of the efforts FirstNet has taken to include federal government needs and requirements into the planning of the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN).

Report Number OIG-16-017-A

01.29.2016

2016 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 the 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.

01.08.2016

Former Nist Police Officer Sentenced for Attempting to Manufacture Methamphetamine, Causing an Explosion

Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte sentenced former National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) police officer Christopher Bartley, age 41, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, late yesterday to 41 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for attempting to manufacture methamphetamine in a laboratory room on the NIST campus …