Reports

12.22.2017

Quality Control Review of Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission for the Period Ended June 30, 2016

Attached is the quality control review (QCR) of the audit of Atlantic States Fisheries Commission as of and for the year ended June 30, 2016, performed by Burdette Smith & Bish, LLC. McBride, Lock & Associates, LLC, performed this QCR on our behalf to determine whether the subject report complied with the reporting requirements of the Single Audit Act of 1984, as amended in 1996.

Report Number OIG-18-QCR-1

12.22.2017

Quality Control Review of California Manufacturing Technology Consulting for the Period Ended July 31, 2016

Attached is the quality control review (QCR) of the audit of California Manufacturing Technology Consulting as of and for the year ended July 31, 2016, performed by Vavrinek, Trine, Day & Co., LLP. McBride, Lock & Associates, LLC, performed this QCR on our behalf to determine whether the subject report complied with the reporting requirements of the Single Audit Act of 1984 …

Report Number OIG-18-QCR-3

12.15.2017

Review of the Department's FY 2017 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.

11.14.2017

FY 2017 Financial Statements Audit (Department of Commerce) [See pages 38-45 of FY 2017 Agency Financial Report]

KPMG LLP has initiated its audit of the Department's FY 2017 consolidated financial statements.

Report Number OIG-18-007-A

11.13.2017

FY 2017 Financial Statements Audit (USPTO) [See pages 145-149 of FY 2017 Performance and Accountability Report]

KPMG LLP has initiated its audit of USPTO's FY 2017 financial statements.

Report Number OIG-18-006-A

11.08.2017

Examination of the Department's Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 Submission for the Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2017

Our office contracted KPMG LLP to audit the Department's fiscal year (FY) 2017, second quarter DATA Act submission to the Department of Treasury for publication on USASpending.gov.

Report Number OIG-18-005

10.23.2017

Business Owner Sentenced to 20 Months in Prison for Fraudulent Billing Scheme Against Federal Government

WASHINGTON – Nikita Davis, 48, a business owner with a firm in Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 20 months in prison for a scheme in which she improperly qualified for government contracts and then fraudulently billed the United States more than $1.1 million.

10.18.2017

Audit of USPTO Oversight and Practices to Close Out Contract Files

We are initiating an audit to assess the procedures for closing out completed contracts at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Our objective is to determine whether USPTO contracting personnel administered contract close out procedures in accordance with federal and Departmental regulations.

10.16.2017

Strengthening Grant Administration and Financial Controls Will Improve Management of the LA-RICS BTOP Grant

We are initiating an audit to assess the effectiveness of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA's) oversight of its grant award to the Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System Authority (LA-RICS).

Report Number OIG-18-002-A

10.12.2017

Audit of BIS' Enforcement Programs for End Users

We are initiating an audit of the Bureau of Industry and Security's (BIS') enforcement efforts involving foreign end users. Our audit objective is to assess the effectiveness of BIS' efforts to ensure foreign end users are suitable to receive and use controlled U.S. exports in accordance with the Export Administration Regulations.

10.12.2017

AIG's Testimony on the 2020 Census Life Cycle Cost Estimate: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Testimony of Carol N. Rice Assistant Inspector General for Economic and Statistical Program Assessment U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General
before a hearing of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform U.S. House of Representatives.

Report Number OIG-18-001-T