Reports

10.09.2018

Audit of USPTO's Small Business Utilization

We are initiating an audit on U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO's) small business utilization. Our objectives are to determine whether USPTO (1) is achieving its small business utilization goals; (2) contracting officials provided small businesses with adequate contract award opportunities; and (3) took appropriate actions to ensure they met small business contracting goals.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)

09.30.2018

Semiannual Report to Congress, September 2018

I am pleased to present the Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General's (OIG's) Semiannual Report to Congress for the 6 months ending September 30, 2018.

Report Number SAR-2018-09

Office of the Secretary

Audits / Evaluations, Semiannual Reports to Congress

09.27.2018

Audit of USPTO's Oversight of the Systems Development and Integration Next Generation Contract

We are initiating an audit on U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO's) oversight of the Systems Development and Integration Next Generation (SDI-NG) information technology contract. Our objective is to determine whether USPTO provided adequate oversight and monitoring of contractors' performance for the SDI-NG contract.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)

09.24.2018

Audit of NOAA Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund Grants to the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission

The Office of Inspector General has selected the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) grant numbers NA10NMF4380436 and NA11NMF4380259 awarded to NWIFC for an audit.

Report Number OIG-18-026-A

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Audits / Evaluations

09.10.2018

NIST Should Improve Controls for Monitoring R&D Grants and Cooperative Agreements

We are initiating an audit with the objective to assess whether the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is appropriately using funds allocated by the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 to conduct public safety communications research and development, including NIST's management of the Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program.

Report Number OIG-18-025-A

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Audits / Evaluations

08.02.2018

The Joint Polar Satellite System: Program Must Use Realistic Schedules to Avoid Recurrence of Ground Project Delays and Additional Cost Increases

We are initiating an audit of NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) and Polar Follow-On (PFO) programs.

Report Number OIG-18-024-A

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Audits / Evaluations

07.30.2018

Census Bureau Could Improve Monitoring of Blanket Purchase Agreements by Complying with Key Federal Acquisition Regulation and Commerce

We are initiating an audit of the Census Bureau's use of blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).

Report Number OIG-18-023-A

U.S. Census Bureau (Census)

Audits / Evaluations

07.16.2018

Former Second Chance Body Armor President Settles False Claims Act

Richard C. Davis, the founder and former president and CEO of Michigan-based Second Chance Body Armor, Inc., agreed to resolve claims under the False Claims Act in connection with his role in the sale of defective Zylon bullet-proof vests purchased by the United States for federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies, the Justice Department announced today.

Report Number Department of Justice

Investigations

07.09.2018

Polar Follow-On: NOAA Must Maintain Cost Efficiencies and Refine Launch Strategy for JPSS-3 and JPSS-4 Missions

We are initiating an audit of NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) and Polar Follow-On (PFO) programs.

Report Number OIG-18-021-A

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Audits / Evaluations

06.21.2018

Audit of EDA's Disaster Relief Workforce Planning

We are initiating an audit of the EDA workforce planning process for awarding and administering the Disaster Supplement funds appropriated by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018.

Economic Development Administration

06.12.2018

Audit of the Department's Fleet Management Practices

We are initiating an audit of the Department's fleet management practices. Our objective is to determine whether the Department's fleet program operates in accordance with applicable federal fleet requirements for vehicle operations, acquisitions, and utilization.