Reports

03.12.2020

Request for Information to Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham from the Inspector General

Today, March 12, 2020, marks the first day that U.S. households begin receiving official Census Bureau (Bureau) mail with detailed information on how to respond to the 2020 Census, the constitutionally-mandated count of the entire U.S. population.

Report Number OIG-20-020-M

Correspondence

03.04.2020

Audit of FirstNet's Subcontract Oversight

We are initiating an audit of the First Responder Network Authority's (FirstNet's) oversight of the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN) contract.

03.02.2020

Lack of Defined Processes and Procedures Impede Efforts to Monitor End-Use Check Performance

Attached for your review is our final report on the audit of the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) regarding foreign end users and exports.

Report Number OIG-20-019-A

Bureau of Industry and Security

Audits / Evaluations

02.20.2020

Fiscal Year 2020 USPTO Financial Statements Audit

Our office contracted with KPMG LLP, an independent certified public accounting firm, to audit the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO’s) fiscal year 2020 financial statements.

02.20.2020

Fiscal Year 2020 Department of Commerce Consolidated Financial Statements Audit

Our office contracted with KPMG LLP, an independent certified public accounting firm, to audit the Department's fiscal year 2020 consolidated financial statements.

02.11.2020

Audit of Enterprise Services Performance in Managing and Overseeing Accenture Blanket Purchase Agreement No. DOCSS130116BU0004 and Subsequent Call Orders

We are initiating an audit of Enterprise Services Acquisition Office's management and oversight of the Accenture Federal Services, LLC, blanket purchase agreement DOCSS130116BU0004 and subsequent call orders.

Office of the Secretary

02.11.2020

Failures in the Department's Security Program Resulted in Exposure of Sensitive Trade Information to Unvetted Foreign Nationals

Attached is our final report on our audit of the Department of Commerce's (the Department's) Enterprise Web Solutions (EWS) system.

Report Number OIG-20-018-A

Office of the Secretary

Audits / Evaluations

02.04.2020

Evaluation of Laptop Computers Used in the 2020 Census Address Canvassing Operation

We are initiating an evaluation of the U.S. Census Bureau's (the Bureau's) oversight of laptop computers used in the 2020 Census Address Canvassing operation.

01.31.2020

2020 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 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-20-017-M

Office of the Secretary

Correspondence

01.30.2020

2020 Census: Some Decennial Census Data Quality Assurance Methods Were Not Tested or Did Not Work as Intended During the 2018 End-to-End Census Test

Attached for your review is our final audit report on the U.S. Census Bureau's (the Bureau's) 2018 End-to-End Census Test, with specific attention paid to the testing of peak operations.

Report Number OIG-20-016-A

U.S. Census Bureau (Census)

Audits / Evaluations

01.30.2020

NTIA and FirstNet Should Improve Controls to Strengthen the Fee Collection Process

This final report provides the results of our audit regarding the management of fee payments from AT&T Inc. (AT&T) to the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet).

Report Number OIG-20-015-A

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

Audits / Evaluations