Reports

02.22.2021

Fiscal Year 2021 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 2021 consolidated financial statements.

02.22.2021

Fiscal Year 2021 USPTO Financial Statements Audit

Our office contracted with KPMG LLP, an independent certified public accounting firm, to audit the United States Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO's) fiscal year 2021 financial statements.

02.04.2021

Audit of FirstNet Authority's Engagement with the Public Safety Community

We are initiating an audit of the First Responder Network Authority's (FirstNet Authority's) engagement with the public safety community.

01.29.2021

2021 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 (OMB M-13-21) 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 OIG-21-022-M

01.28.2021

The U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service 2018 Officer Promotion Process Did Not Comply With Applicable Criteria

Attached is our final report on our evaluation of the International Trade Administration's (ITA's) U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service's (US&FCS's) officer promotion process.

Report Number OIG-21-021-I

01.26.2021

Harvey Man Charged With Clean Water Act Violation from 2016 Oil Spill

NEW ORLEANS – The United States Attorney's Office announced that JAMES TASSIN, age 50, of Harvey, was charged on January 25, 2021with violating the Clean Water Act in connection with an oil spill in 2016.

01.25.2021

Decisions on Exclusions from Section 232 Tariffs Were Not Transparent and Based on Incomplete and Inaccurate Information

Attached for your review is our final report on the audit of the Bureau of Industry and Security's (BIS's) and the International Trade Administration's (ITA's) processes and procedures for reviewing and adjudicating product exclusion requests for aluminum and steel tariffs, as prescribed by Presidential Proclamations 9704 and 9705, respectively, under the authority of …

Report Number OIG-21-020-A

01.21.2021

College Of Staten Island Agrees to Settle Claims Related to Research Misconduct

The College of Staten Island (CSI), a college within the City University of New York (CUNY), has agreed to repay $98,237.86 in federal assistance awarded by the United States to perform research with the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to resolve a federal investigation concerning alleged fabricated research results.

01.13.2021

Audit of the U.S. Census Bureau Working Capital Fund

We are initiating an audit of the U.S. Census Bureau's (the Bureau's) working capital fund (WCF).

01.12.2021

Request for Information to Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham from the Inspector General re: Report on E.O. 13880

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has learned that you recently directed U.S. Census Bureau (Bureau) employees to produce a technical report relating to Executive Order 13880 that includes data on documented and undocumented persons in the United States.

Report Number OIG-21-019-M

01.07.2021

Fundamental Security Safeguards Were Not In Place to Adequately Protect the IT Systems Supporting the 2020 Census

Attached is the final report on our audit of the U.S, Census Bureau's (the Bureau's) decennial information technology (IT) security measures.

Report Number OIG-21-018-A