Reports

05.21.2024

Audit of MBDA Business Center Program

This announcement memo initiates an audit to determine the adequacy of MBDA’s oversight of the MBDA Business Center Program to ensure requirements are met.

Minority Business Development Agency

Audits Initiated

05.20.2024

NIST Surpassed Hiring Goals for CHIPS But Did Not Develop a Comprehensive Workforce Plan

Our evaluation found that NIST surpassed hiring goals for the CHIPS program but did not develop a comprehensive workforce plan to meet its human capital needs.

Report Number OIG-24-023-I

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Audits / Evaluations

05.16.2024

Management Alert: The NPSBN Band 14 Signal Strength Does Not Consistently Provide Adequate Band 14 Service for First Responders

This management alert reports that the signal strength FirstNet Authority measures for the NPSBN Band 14 coverage area is significantly less powerful than the signal strength the NPSBN contractor reports to FirstNet Authority regarding its commercial non-Band 14 coverage—an issue that poses a risk of overstating the coverage area and services the NPSBN provides.

Report Number OIG-24-022-M

First Responder Network Authority, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)

Audits / Evaluations

05.15.2024

Audit of NIST Cooperative Agreements with Ohio Department of Development

This announcement memo initiates an audit to determine whether the Ohio Department of Development complied with terms and conditions of NIST cooperative agreements awarded during FYs 2017 through 2023.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Audits Initiated

05.14.2024

NTIA's BEAD Program Review Process

This announcement memo initiates an audit to determine whether NTIA has an adequate review process to ensure that states’ and territories’ plans meet the BEAD Program’s planning phase requirements.

National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)

Audits Initiated

05.09.2024

The Department Complied with Payment Integrity Information Act Requirements for Fiscal Year 2023

Our evaluation found that the Department complied with the Payment Integrity Information Act criteria for FY 2023.

Report Number OIG-24-020-I

Office of the Secretary

Audits / Evaluations

05.08.2024

The Census Bureau Did Not Effectively Manage and Monitor Contractor Performance for Paid Advertising in the 2020 Census Integrated Communications Contract

Our audit found that the Census Bureau did not properly administer the 2020 Census Integrated Communications Contract or monitor the contractor’s performance in compliance with federal and departmental regulations and policies.

Report Number OIG-24-021-A

U.S. Census Bureau (Census)

Audits / Evaluations, Census Reading Room

04.30.2024

Semiannual Report to Congress

This report summarizes work we initiated and completed for the 6 months ending March 31, 2024, on a number of critical departmental activities.

Report Number SAR 2024-03

Office of the Secretary

Audits / Evaluations, Semiannual Reports to Congress

04.25.2024

Defendant Pleads Guilty for Environmental Crimes Committed in the Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and Las Mareas Community of Salinas, Puerto Rico

This press release announces that a defendant pleaded guilty to environmental crimes related to the illegal construction and deposit of material into the wetlands and waters of the United States in the Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.

Investigations

04.12.2024

Justice Department's Procurement Collusion Strike Force Announces Four New National Law Enforcement Partners

This press release announces that the Justice Department’s Procurement Collusion Strike Force is adding four new national partners for a total of 38 agencies and offices committed to deterring, detecting, investigating, and prosecuting antitrust crimes and related schemes that target government procurement, grants, and program funding at all levels of government.

Investigations

04.08.2024

NTIA's Award Processes Leave Tribal Broadband Grants Vulnerable to Fraud and Duplication

Our audit found that NTIA did not adequately design and implement the award process to ensure that Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program funds were awarded only for eligible proposed service areas.

Report Number OIG-24-019-A

National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)

Audits / Evaluations