Reports

09.10.2024

Audit of Office of Marine and Aviation Operations Class B Ship Acquisition

This announcement memo initiates an audit to assess NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations’ management and oversight of the Class B ship acquisition.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Audits Initiated

08.29.2024

Wisconsin Man Sentenced to Prison for COVID-19 Program Fraud

This press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Wisconsin announces the sentencing of Curtis A. Alleyne from Almond, Wisconsin, for wire fraud and money laundering associated with a COVID-19 pandemic relief program. The investigation was conducted by the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) Task Force.

Investigations

08.29.2024

Audit of the First Responder Network Authority's Oversight of Service Availability for the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network

This announcement memo initiates an audit to determine whether FirstNet Authority is ensuring that the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network is achieving service availability requirements.

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

Audits Initiated

08.27.2024

A Lack of Program Management Controls and Attention to IT Security Threatens the Success of NOAA's Effort to Implement a Cloud-Based Common Ground System

Our audit found project management and security deficiencies in implementation of the cloud-based NESDIS Common Cloud Framework (NCCF) by NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS).

Report Number OIG-24-034-A

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Audits / Evaluations

07.31.2024

Fraud Alert: Fake Government Procurement Schemes

This fraud alert warns government vendors about scams involving foreign actors impersonating procurement officials to defraud businesses, and provides vendors tips to protect their companies from such procurement scams.

Investigations

07.30.2024

Semiannual Status Report on NTIA's Broadband Programs

This report is the fourth in a series of semiannual reviews providing the status of six NTIA-administered grant programs aimed at expanding broadband access in the United States.

Report Number OIG-24-033-I

National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)

Audits / Evaluations

07.30.2024

NOAA's Office of Space Commerce Efforts to Provide Space Situational Awareness Services Have Been Delayed and Need a Realistic Schedule

Our audit found that NOAA’s Office of Space Commerce is behind schedule in providing basic space situational awareness data and services and does not have a defined approach or long-term plan for its space traffic management responsibilities.

Report Number OIG-24-031-A

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Audits / Evaluations

07.18.2024

Management Alert: February 2024 FirstNet Authority's Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network Outage Raised a Significant Risk to the Readiness of First Responders Across the Country

This management alert reports that the February 22, 2024 outage of the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network and subsequent lack of communication and transparency regarding network performance put public safety at jeopardy and posed a risk to the readiness of first responders across the country.

Report Number OIG-24-030-M

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

Audits / Evaluations

07.09.2024

Quality Control Review of the PPA, LLP, Single Audit of the University of Rhode Island Research Foundation for the Fiscal Year Ended 2021

Our quality control review (QCR) of PPA’s single audit of the University of Rhode Island Research Foundation for FY 2021 revealed six deficiencies that affect the audit’s reliability; as a result, we have assigned PPA an overall QCR rating of Fail.

Report Number OIG-24-QCR-1

Correspondence, Single Audit Reports

07.08.2024

Audit of the Bureau of Industry and Security's Enforcement Efforts to Combat China's Military-Civilian Fusion Strategy

This announcement memo initiates an audit to assess the adequacy of actions BIS has taken to enforce export controls for China.

Bureau of Industry and Security

Audits Initiated

06.24.2024

A 3-Year Exposure of Privacy Act-Protected Data Revealed USPTO Mismanagement in Safeguarding the Sensitive PII of Trademark Filers

Our evaluation found that after exposure of trademark applicants’ personally identifiable information (PII) in a USPTO web application, USPTO leadership did not comply with federal, departmental, and USPTO incident response requirements and knowingly allowed PII to remain publicly accessible during incident mitigation.

Report Number OIG-24-029-I

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)

Audits / Evaluations