Publications: 1998

• US & FCS Belgium Needs to Make Organizational Modifications to Maximize Export Promotion Efforts - Performance Audit: ITA-BTD-10595 [PDF] Report

• Activities related to the Office of Inspector General's ongoing review of the Department of Commerce's discretionary funding programs [PDF] Report

• Activities related to our review of the Patent and Trademark Office's plan to consolidate its facilities and operations and accommodate its future space requirements [PDF] Report

• Activities related to the Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General's recent audit and inspection work at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Technical Information Service [PDF] Report

• Semiannual Report, September 1998 [PDF] Report

• US & FCS Japan Should Be Restructured to Better Meet the Needs of U.S. Exporters - Performance Audit: ITA-IAD-10218 [PDF] Report

• Improvements Are Needed in ITA's Management of Interagency and Other Special Agreements - Inspection: ITA-IPE-10752 [PDF] Report

• Dallas USEAC Is Rebuilding to More Aggressively Pursue Export Promotion Activities - Inspection: ITA-IPE-11006 [PDF] Report

• Seattle USEAC Is Providing Its Clients Excellent Service, but Some Improvements Are Needed - Inspection: ITA-IPE-11007 [PDF] Report

• Operations Jeopardized by Revenue Shortfall - Performance Audit: NTIS-STD-10592 [PDF] Report

• Interagency and Other Special Agreements Require Better Management and Oversight - Inspection: OS-IPE-10418 [PDF] Report

• OMB Bulletin 97-01 Implementation Requires Additional Efforts by the Department - Performance Audit: OS-FPD-10876 [PDF] Report

• Dress Rehearsal Activities at Menominee Indian Reservation and Chicago Regional Census Center Show That Improvements Are Needed for Census 2000 - Inspection: ESA-IPE-10753 [PDF] Report

• Additional Steps Needed to Improve Local Update of Census Addresses for the 2000 Decennial Census - Inspection: ESA-IPE-10756 [PDF] Report

• Sacramento Dress Rehearsal Experience Suggests Changes to Improve Results of the 2000 Decennial Census - Performance Audit: ESA-ESD-10784-1 [PDF] Report

• Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences: High Inventory and Inadequate Monitoring Threaten Effectiveness of Appeal Process - Performance Audit: USPTO-BTD-10628 [PDF] Report

• Quality Check Survey Should Be Kept Independent of Other Decennial Operations - Performance Audit: ESA-ESD-10784-2 [PDF] Report

• Columbia Dress Rehearsal Identifies Needed Improvements in Personnel Administration - Performance Audit: ESA-ATL-11050 [PDF] Report

• Columbia Dress Rehearsal Experience Suggests Changes to Improve Results of the 2000 Decennial Census - Performance Audit: ESA-ESD-10783 [PDF] Report

• Hurricane Andrew Disaster Assistance: EDA Made Fast, Sound Project Selections But Could Have Better Managed Problem Projects - Performance Audit: ESA-ATL-8989 [PDF] Report

• Sacramento Dress Rehearsal Identifies Needed Improvements in Personnel Administration - Performance Audit: ESA-STL-11052 [PDF] Report

• Personal Property Balance Requires Significant Attention to be Properly Stated in Financial Statements - Performance Audit: NOAA-FSC-10875 [PDF] Report

• OAR Needs Additional Management Systems to Meet the Intent of the Results Act - Performance Audit: NOAA-STL-8519 [PDF] Report

• NWS's New Supercomputer Should Be Located at Federal Building 4 in Suitland, MD - Performance Audit: NOAA-STD-10925 [PDF] Report

• NMFS Seafood Inspection Program Should Be Divested - Performance Audit: NOAA-STL-9607 [PDF] Report

• NMFS Office of Law Enforcement Needs Management Improvements - Performance Audit: NOAA-STL-9835 [PDF] Report

• Interagency and Other Special Agreements Require Better Management and Oversight - Inspection: NOAA-IPE-10418 [PDF] Report

• NMFS's Interagency and Other Special Agreements Require Additional Improvements - Inspection: NOAA-IPE-10775 [PDF] Report

• Hurricane Andrew Disaster Assistance: EDA Made Fast, Sound Project Selections, but Could Have Better Managed Problem Projects - Performance Audit: EDA-ATL-8989 [PDF] Report

• Discretionary Funding Decision Process: Native American Business Development Center Program - Performance Audit: MBDA-BTD-10955 [PDF] Report

• Discretionary Funding Decision Process: Minority Business Development Center Program - Performance Audit: MBDA-BTD-10956 [PDF] Report

• NPOESS Acquisition Well Planned, but Life-cycle Cost Estimates for Critical Sensors Are Overstated - NOAA: OSE-9593

• Computer Security for Transmission of Sensitive Data Should Be Strengthened - Census: OSE-10773

• Administrative Improvements in the National Sea Grant College Program Should Accompany Program Changes - Performance Audit: NOAA-IPE-10150 [PDF] Report

• Light Aircraft Fleet Should Be Privatized - Performance Audit: NOAA-STD-9952 [PDF] Report

• US & FCS Spain's Leadership Has Improved Operating Environment, but Some Program Activities Need More Emphasis - Performance Audit: ITA-IAD-10593 [PDF] Report

• Office of Enrollment and Discipline Must Conduct More Timely Investigations of Complaints Against Practitioners - Performance Audit: USPTO-PTD-10627 [PDF] Report

• New Cost Accounting System Appropriately Considers Reporting Requirements - Financial Statement: USPTO-FSD-10782 [PDF] Report

• Community-Based Enhanced Services Pilot Project Not Effectively Monitored - Performance Audit: MBDA-EDD-9406-2 [PDF] Report

• OAR's Interagency and Other Special Agreements Require Additional Improvements for Compliance - Inspection: NOAA-IPE-10310 [PDF] Report

• Trade Events: Improvements Needed in Planning and Management - Performance Audit: ITA-IAD-9714 [PDF] Report

• Audit of ITA's FY 1997 Financial Statements - Performance Audit: ITA-FSC-9862 [PDF] Report

• Audit of NIST's FY 1997 Financial Statements - Performance Audit: NIST-FSC-9864 [PDF] Report

• NIST's Policy of Allowing Informal Collaborations with Non-Federal Researchers Requires Additional Controls - Inspection: NIST-IPE-10854 [PDF] Report

• Audit of the Department of Commerce's Fiscal Year 1997 Consolidated Financial Statements - Performance Audit: OS-FSD-9754 [PDF] Report

• Audit of the Department of Commerce's Fiscal Year 1997 Consolidated Financial Statements - Performance Audit: OS-FSD-9753 [PDF] Report

• Atlanta Bankcard Purchases Need Improved Internal Controls - Performance Audit: ESA-ATL-10316 [PDF] Report

• 2000 Decennial Census: Address-Building Program May Become More Complex, Costly, and Counterproductive - Performance Audit: ESA-ESD-9608 [PDF] Report

• PTO's Financial Statements Fiscal Year 1997 - Financial Statement: USPTO-FSD-9755 [PDF] Report

• PTO Needs to Refine Its Space Consolidation Planning - Inspection: USPTO-IPE-9724 [PDF] Report

• Audit of NOAA's FY 1997 Financial Statements - Financial Statement: NOAA-FSC-9865 [PDF] Report

• Audit of NTIA's FY 1997 Financial Statements - Financial Statement: NTIA-FSC-9866 [PDF] Report

• Audit of EDA's FY 1997 Financial Statements - Financial Statements: EDA-FSC-9861 [PDF] Report

• Midwest Flood Program: Opportunities Exist to Improve Management of Future Disaster Programs - Performance Audit: EDA-DEN-8772: [PDF] Report

• Audit of MBDA's FY 1997 Financial Statements - Financial Statement: MBDA-FSC-9863 [PDF] Report

• Use of Cooperative Agreements Will Improve Management and Oversight of the Minority Business Opportunity Committee Program - Inspection: MBDA-IPE-10309 [PDF] Report

• NIST FY 1997 Superfund Charges to the Environmental Protection Agency: Performance Audit: NIST-EDD-10268-8-0001 [PDF] Report

• Interagency Agreements with the Environmental Protection Agency-FY 1995 and FY 1996 - Performance Audit: NOAA-STL-10140 [PDF] Report

• NWS's Verification System for Sever and Hazardous Weather Forecasting Needs Modernization - Inspection: NOAA-IPE-9255 [PDF] Report