Reports

08.05.2015

IG's Testimony on Justice Department's Failure to Comply with Its Legal Obligations to Ensure IG Access to Records

Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Leahy, and Members of the Committee: I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today regarding the recent opinion issued by the Office of Legal Counsel and its impact on the ability of Offices of Inspectors General (OIGs) to carry out our mission.

07.15.2015

OIG Testimony on Investigating Contract Misconduct at the National Weather Service

Chairman Smith, Ranking Member Johnson, and Members of the Committee: We appreciate the opportunity to testify today about post-employment consulting practices at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) National Weather Service (NWS).

07.14.2015

Closed – Announcement of Audit of NIST Security and Foreign National Access

The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations has directed OIG to undertake a review of NIST security and foreign national access.

06.19.2015

Inaccurate Reporting of Undefinitized Actions in the Federal Procurement Data-Next Generation

We are initiating an audit of Undefinitized Contractual Actions (UCAs) at NIST.

Report Number OIG-15-033-A

06.11.2015

Director of the University of South Carolina's Center for Manufacturing and Technology Pleads Guilty to Fraud

Columbia, South Carolina —- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Gail Shurling, 62, has entered a guilty plea in federal court in Columbia to Wire Fraud, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343.

06.11.2015

Cost Estimates, Long-Term Savings, Milestones, and Enterprise Architecture Policy Are Needed for Common Satellite Program

As approved in December 2014, language in House Report I 13-448, “Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 2015,” directed OIG to provide a report regarding NOAA's existing satellite ground infrastructure and NOAA's plans for implementing a common ground system architecture.

Report Number OIG-15-032-I

06.05.2015

EDA Faces Challenges in Effectively Monitoring Its Revolving Loan Funds

We are initiating an audit of EDA's controls and processes associated with the management of its Revolving Loan Fund program.

Report Number OIG-15-031-A

06.03.2015

Review of Alleged NWS Contracting Misconduct

In January 2012, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the United States Department of Commerce received three anonymous complaints alleging improprieties related to a Senior Official in the National Weather Service (NWS), an agency within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), being retained by NWS as a consultant immediately upon his retirement from the agency.

Report Number OIG-12-0447

06.03.2015

Review of Census Sole Source Award

On March 3, 2014, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the United States Department of Commerce was contacted by an executive search firm (Complainant), which alleged that the Census Bureau had improperly awarded a sole source contract for executive search services.

Report Number OIG-14-0408

05.28.2015

Audit of NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R Series

As part of our FY 2013 work plan, and in conjunction with our Top Management Challenges Facing the Department of Commerce report, we plan to audit NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R Series (GOES-R) program.

Report Number OIG-15-030-A

05.20.2015

Nigerian Man Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Role in Computer Hacking Scheme that Targeted Government Employees

NEWARK, N.J. – A Nigerian man was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for his role in a computer hacking and identity theft scheme that defrauded vendors of nearly $1 million of office products after 'phishing' e-mail login information from government employees, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.