Reports

08.29.2024

Audit of the First Responder Network Authority's Oversight of Service Availability for the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network

This announcement memo initiates an audit to determine whether FirstNet Authority is ensuring that the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network is achieving service availability requirements.

08.27.2024

A Lack of Program Management Controls and Attention to IT Security Threatens the Success of NOAA's Effort to Implement a Cloud-Based Common Ground System

Our audit found project management and security deficiencies in implementation of the cloud-based NESDIS Common Cloud Framework (NCCF) by NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS).

Report Number OIG-24-034-A

07.31.2024

Fraud Alert: Fake Government Procurement Schemes

This fraud alert warns government vendors about scams involving foreign actors impersonating procurement officials to defraud businesses, and provides vendors tips to protect their companies from such procurement scams.

07.31.2024

Audit of EDA’s Review Process for Selecting Tech Hub Awardees

This announcement memo initiates an audit to determine whether EDA has an adequate review and selection award process to ensure grant recipients meet program requirements for the Regional Technology and Innovation Hub (Tech Hub) program.

07.30.2024

NOAA's Office of Space Commerce Efforts to Provide Space Situational Awareness Services Have Been Delayed and Need a Realistic Schedule

Our audit found that NOAA’s Office of Space Commerce is behind schedule in providing basic space situational awareness data and services and does not have a defined approach or long-term plan for its space traffic management responsibilities.

Report Number OIG-24-031-A

07.30.2024

Semiannual Status Report on NTIA's Broadband Programs

This report is the fourth in a series of semiannual reviews providing the status of six NTIA-administered grant programs aimed at expanding broadband access in the United States.

Report Number OIG-24-033-I

07.18.2024

Management Alert: February 2024 FirstNet Authority's Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network Outage Raised a Significant Risk to the Readiness of First Responders Across the Country

This management alert reports that the February 22, 2024 outage of the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network and subsequent lack of communication and transparency regarding network performance put public safety at jeopardy and posed a risk to the readiness of first responders across the country.

Report Number OIG-24-030-M

07.09.2024

Quality Control Review of the PPA, LLP, Single Audit of the University of Rhode Island Research Foundation for the Fiscal Year Ended 2021

Our quality control review (QCR) of PPA’s single audit of the University of Rhode Island Research Foundation for FY 2021 revealed six deficiencies that affect the audit’s reliability; as a result, we have assigned PPA an overall QCR rating of Fail.

Report Number OIG-24-QCR-1

07.08.2024

Audit of the Bureau of Industry and Security's Enforcement Efforts to Combat China's Military-Civilian Fusion Strategy

This announcement memo initiates an audit to assess the adequacy of actions BIS has taken to enforce export controls for China.

06.24.2024

A 3-Year Exposure of Privacy Act-Protected Data Revealed USPTO Mismanagement in Safeguarding the Sensitive PII of Trademark Filers

Our evaluation found that after exposure of trademark applicants’ personally identifiable information (PII) in a USPTO web application, USPTO leadership did not comply with federal, departmental, and USPTO incident response requirements and knowingly allowed PII to remain publicly accessible during incident mitigation.

Report Number OIG-24-029-I

06.20.2024

The Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources Needs to Fully Comply with Procurement Regulations When Executing NOAA Awards

Our audit of claimed costs on nine NOAA grants awarded to the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (PRDNER) found that (1) PRDNER claimed costs that were generally allowable, allocable, and reasonable but in some cases did not comply with internal and federal regulations and (2) did not always meet award performance requirements.

Report Number OIG-24-028-A