Publications: 2003

• NIST's Patent License Agreement Process Needs Improvement - Performance Audit: NIST-STD-16009 [PDF] Report

• Purchase Card Program at the Environmental Technology Laboratory Needs Heightened and Strengthened Internal Controls - Performance Audit: NOAA-BTD-15139-3 [PDF] Report

• Recent Gear Protocols Should Improve NMFS Groundfish Bottom-Trawl Survey But More Should Be Done - Performance Audit: NOAA-STD-15750 [PDF] Report

• Census Bureau's National Processing Center Needs to Improve Controls Over Government Bills of Lading - Performance Audit: ESA-ESD-14911 [PDF] Report

• Award for Five-Axis Machining Center Under RFQ SB1341-02-Q-550 Justified but Procurement Process Needs Improvement - Performance Audit: NIST-STD-15839 [PDF] Report

• OIG Review of Complaints and Concerns Related to USPTO's Handling of Patent Applications - Inspection: USPTO-IPE-16083 [PDF] Report

• Generally Sound Operations at Commercial Service Greece Are Compromised by Key Weaknesses-Inspection: ITA-IPE-15804-09-03 [PDF] Report

• KLA-Tencor Corporation, CA - Financial-Related Audits: NIST-DEN-14219-3-0003

• KLA-Tencor Corporation, CA - Financial-Related Audits: NIST-DEN-14219-3-0002

• Improvements Needed in the Reporting of Performance Measures Related to Goals for Advancing Short-Term Warning and Implementing Seasonal to Interannual Climate Forecasts - Performance Audits: NOAA-FSD-15643-3 [PDF] Report

• Texas Engineering Extension Service - Financial-Related Audits: NIST-DEN-14401-3

• Additional Management Attention Needed to Ensure Implementation of Effective Security Controls to Protect NESDIS' Research Data System - Evaluation: NOAA-OSE-15996-2

• Stronger Security Controls Needed to Protect NESDIS' Headquarters Local Area Network - Evaluation: NOAA-OSE-15996-1

• Acquisition of NEXRAD Transition Power Source Marred by Management, Technical, and Contractual Problems - Evaluation: NOAA-OSE-15676 [PDF] Report

• MAF/TIGER Redesign Project Needs Management Improvements to Meet Its Decennial Goals and Cost Objective - Evaluation: ESA-OSE-15725 [PDF] Report

• Southside Planning District Commission, VA - Financial-Related Audits: EDA-ATL-15985-3

• Environmental Technology Laboratory Needs to Improve Internal Controls for Accounting and Funds Management - Performance Audit: NOAA-BTD-14852-3 [PDF] Report

• Seattle Regional Office of Audits - Internal Quality Controls: OIG Division - DEN-15928-4

• Atlanta Regional Office of Audits - Internal Quality Controls: OIG Division - DEN-15928-3

• W. Brandt Goldsworthy & Associates, Inc., CA - Financial Related Audits: NIST-ATL-15922-3

• Independent Evaluation of the Department of Commerce's Information Security Program Under the Federal Information Security Management Act - Evaluation: OS-OSE-16146 [PDF] Report

• Semiannual Report, September 2003 [PDF] Report

• Massachusetts MEP - Financial-Related Audits: NIST-DEN-14422-3

• Business and Trade Audits Division, Science and Technology Audits Division, and Economics and Statistics Audit Division - Internal Quality Reviews: OIG Division-DEN-15928-1

• Financial Statements Audit Division - Internal Quality Controls: OIG Division - DEN-15928-2

• Denver Regional Office of Audits - Internal Quality Controls: OIG Division-HQA-15928-5

• Computer Aided Surgery, Inc., NY - Financial-Related Audits: NIST-ATL-16095-3

• High Plains Development Authority, Inc., MT - Financial-Related Audits: EDA-DEN-15180-3

• Process for Reducing The Critical Hydrographic Survey Backlog Lacks Key Management Controls - Performance Audit: NOAA-STD-15120 [PDF] Report

• Administrative Matters Concerning BIS' Export Enforcement - Inspection: BIS-IPE-15155-2 Report

• Semiannual Report, March 2003 [PDF] Report

• NOAA's "Corporate-Costs" Process Needs Improvement - Performance Audit: NOAA-STD-14427-3 [PDF] Report

• NMFS Should Take a Number of Actions to Strengthen Fisheries Enforcement - Evaluation: NOAA-IPE-15154 [PDF] Report

• Travel Card Program at National Weather Service Headquarters Needs Additional Management Controls - Performance Audit: NOAA-BTD-14972 [PDF] Report

• Office of the Secretary's Oversight of Its Purchase Card Program Needs Heightened Monitoring and Enforcement - Performance Audit: OS-BTD-14971 [PDF] Report

• Improvements Needed in the Reporting of Performance Measures Related to Promoting Safe Navigation and Sustaining Healthy Coasts - Financial Statement: NOAA-FSD-14998 [PDF] Report