Reports

12.16.2024

Department of Commerce FY 2024 Financial Statements [See pages 64-73 of FY 2024 Agency Financial Report]

The Department of Commerce’s Agency Financial Report (AFR) provides the agency’s financial and summary performance information. The report has five major sections including a financial section with the independent auditors’ report.

Report Number OIG-25-005-A

12.11.2024

Evaluation of the 2026 Census Test Site Selection Methodology

This announcement memo initiates an evaluation to assess the Census Bureau’s methodology for selecting 2026 Census Test sites.

12.05.2024

Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network Was Not Always Available to First Responders During the Catastrophic 2023 Maui Wildfires

Our audit found that FirstNet Authority did not ensure that timely, adequate NPSBN services were provided to support public safety’s response to the wildfires that swept through Maui in 2023. FirstNet Authority also did not ensure that a sufficient plan for business continuity and disaster recovery was developed before the wildfires or that service restoration activities were accurately reported.

Report Number OIG-25-004-A

11.25.2024

Quality Control Review of Lank, Johnson & Tull, CPAs Single Audit Report of Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council for Fiscal Years 2020 and 2021

Quality Control Review of Lank, Johnson & Tull, CPAs Single Audit Report of Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council for Fiscal Years 2020 and 2021

Report Number OIG-25-QCR-2

11.25.2024

Quality Control Review of Douglas Wilson & Company's Single Audit of Great Falls Development Authority, Inc., for Fiscal Year 2022

Quality Control Review of Douglas Wilson & Company’s Single Audit of Great Falls Development Authority, Inc., for Fiscal Year 2022

Report Number OIG-25-QCR-1

11.18.2024

Former Federal Government Employee Pleads Guilty to False Statements

DOJ Press Release: Former Federal Government Employee Pleads Guilty to False Statements

11.15.2024

United States Patent and Trademark Office FY 2024 Financial Statements [See pages 114-117 of FY 2024 Agency Financial Report]

The USPTO’s Agency Financial Report (AFR) provides the agency’s financial and summary performance information for FY 2024. The report has three major sections including a financial section with the independent auditors’ report.

Report Number OIG-25-003-A

11.07.2024

Audit of USPTO's Management and Utilization of Real Property

This announcement memo initiates an audit to determine whether USPTO effectively utilizes and manages real property.

10.31.2024

Semiannual Report to Congress, September 2024

This report summarizes work we initiated or completed for the 6 months ending September 30, 2024.

10.24.2024

USPTO Should Address Risks to Its Pendency Reduction Efforts for Trademark Applications

Our audit found that despite some progress in reducing pendency from its highest levels, USPTO still needs to improve oversight of trademark application pendency.

Report Number OIG-25-002-A

10.17.2024

Top Management and Performance Challenges Facing the Department of Commerce in FY 2025

This report describes the most serious management and performance challenges facing the Department and its bureaus in FY 2025, categorizing them under three overarching topic areas: Modernizing Technology and Systems, Providing Core Services and Data, and Managing Spending.

Report Number OIG-25-001