Publications: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

• NOAA's Management of the Joint Enforcement Agreement Program Needs to Be Strengthened — IPE-19050-1 [PDF] Report

• FY 2008 FISMA Assessment of National Weather Service Telecommunication Gateway— ( NOAA8871) — OSE-19000 [PDF] [PDF] Report

• The National Data Buoy Center Should Improve Data Availability and Contracting Practices -- Inspection: IPE-18585 [PDF]
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• Real Property Portfolio: Opportunities to Strengthen Management Accountability -- Audit: BSD-18256 [PDF] Report

• National Marine Sanctuary Program Protects Certain Resources, But Further Actions Could Increase Protection -- Inspection: IPE-18591 [PDF]
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• Successful Oversight of GOES-R Requires Adherence to Accepted Satellite Acquisition Practices -- Evaluation: OSE-18291 [PDF]
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• FY 2007 FISMA Assessment of Network Operations Center -- Evaluation: OSE-18688

• Rogers, Minnesota: Complex Weather Conditions, Radar Limitations Delayed NWS Warning of Deadly Tornado — Audit: DEN-18354 [PDF]
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• Opportunities to Further Enhance Controls Over User Fees - Audit: NOAA-BSD-17612-6-0001 [PDF]
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• Progress Being Made in Certification and Accreditation Process, but Authorizing Officials Still Lack Adequate Decision-making Information – Evaluation: OSE-10819 [PDF] Report

• Additional Steps Are Necessary to Provide Better Oversight of Contractor Information – Evaluation: OSE-18028

• SARSAT’s E-Authentication Controls Do Not Provide Adequate Assurance of Users’ Identities – Evaluation: OSE-18020

• Poor Management Oversight and Ineffective Incentives Leave NPOESS Program Well Over Budget and Behind Schedule - Performance Audit : NOAA-OIG-17794 Report

• Follow -up Audit to Inspection Report OSE-15676 "Acquisition of NEXRAD Transition Power Source Marred by Management, Technical, and Contractual Problems" - Performance Audit: BSD-17613-5-0001 [PDF] Report

• The Northeast River Forecast Center Is Well Managed, But Some Improvements Are Needed - Inspection: NOAA-IPE-17259 [PDF]
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• Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Olympia, Washington NOAA Grant No. NAFP0195 Audit of the Subgrant with the Nisqually Indian Tribe Olympia, Washington- Performance Audit: NOAA-STL-16657-5-0005

• The NMFS Review Process for the California Central Valley and State Water Projects' Biological Opinion Deviated from the Region's Normal Practice: NOAA-STL-17242 [PDF]
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• Opportunities to Strengthen Internal Controls Over Improper Payments - Performance Audit: NOAA-BSD-16186-5-0001 [PDF] Report

• Satellite Memorandums of Agreement Should Be Improved By Using New Guidance - Performance Audit: NOAA-BSD-16927 [PDF] Report

• Inadequate Support Undercuts Value of Booz Allen Study and Its Recommended Changes to NOAA's Finance and Administration Services - Performance Audit: NOAA-DEN-16948 [PDF] Report

• Improvements Needed in Reporting for NOAA GOALS - Build Sustainable Fisheries, Recover Protected Species, and Predict and Assess Decadal to Centennial Climate Change-Performance Audit: NOAA-FSD-15989-04 Report

• NOAA/NMFS Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle Washington NOAA Needs to Use Appropriate Funding Instruments to Acquire Support Services for the Northwest Fisheries Science Center - Performance Audit: NOAA-STL-15753-4 [PDF] Report

• Complaints Surrounding the Recent Selection of the Assistant Administrator for Weather Services - Inspection: NOAA-IPE-16823 [PDF] Report

• NMFS Observer Programs Should Improve Data Quality, Performance Monitoring, and Outreach Efforts - Inspection: NOAA-IPE-15721 [PDF] Report

• NOAA Corps Has Improperly Handled Confirmation of Officer Appointments and Promotions - Inspection: NOAA-IPE-16138 [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

• 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

• 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

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

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

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

• NWS Weather Forecast Offices Generally Perform Well, but Regional Oversight and Management at Some Offices Need to be Improved - Inspection: NOAA-IPE-14577 [PDF] Report

• Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, OR - Financial-Related Audits: NOAA-STL-14956-2-0001

• Internal Controls for Travel Cards at OAR's Environmental Technology Laboratory Can be Strengthened - Performance Audit: NOAA-BTD-14908-2 [PDF] Report

• Program for Acquiring Fisheries Research Vessels Needs Stronger Management Controls - Performance Audit: NOAA-STD-14428 [PDF] Report

• Northwest Fisheries Science Center Needs Improved Research Management Processes to Better Implement Its Salmon Research Plan - Performance Audit: NOAA-STD-14440 [PDF] Report

• Chanhanssen Weather Forecast Office Generally Provides Effective Forecasts, but Office Management and Regional Oversight Need Improvement - Inspection: NOAA-IPE-14423 [PDF] Report

• San Angelo Weather Forecast Office Performs Its Core Responsibilities Well, but Office Management and Regional Oversight Need Improvement - Inspection: NOAA-IPE-13531 [PDF] Report

• Missoula Weather Forecast Office Generally Provides Quality Service to Its County Warning Area - Inspection: NOAA-IPE-14225: [PDF] Report

• Raleigh Weather Forecast Office Provides Valuable Services, but Needs Improved Management and Internal Controls - Inspection: NOAA-IPE-12661 [PDF] Report

• Improvements Are Needed in the Northwest Fisheries Science Center's Use of Bankcards - Performance Audit - NOAA-STL-12555 [PDF] Report

• Internal Controls Over Southeastern Fisheries Science Center Bankcard Purchases Need Improvement - Performance Audit: NOAA-ATL-11860 [PDF] Report

• NOS's Coastal Services Center Awards Were Not Competitively Selected CFDA No. 11.473 - Financial- Related Audit: NOAA-ATL-11000 [PDF] Report

• Internal Controls Over User Fees Need Improvement - Performance Audit: NOAA-STD-11881 [PDF] Report

• Internal Controls over ERL's Bankcard Program Need Improvement - Performance Audit: NOAA-DEN-11627 [PDF] Report

• NESDIS Y2K Risks Are Low, But Improvements Are Needed - Evaluation: NOAA-OSE-12199 [PDF] Report

• Internal Controls Over MASC's Bankcard Program Need Improvement - Performance Audit: NOAA-DEN-11927 [PDF] Report

• NWS's Meteorologic and Hydrologic Modernization Development Program Awards Were Not Competitively Selected/CFDA No. 11.467: Performance Audit: NOAA-ATL-11405-9-0001 [PDF] Report

• Supercomputer Acquisition Had Inadequate Assurance of Funding and Unclear Provisions for Advanced Payments - NOAA: OSE-10969

• Proposed NPOESS Preparatory Project Reduces Operational Risk, But Excludes Demonstration of Critical Ozone Suite - NOAA: OSE-11103

• NMFS's Fisherman's Contingency Fund Should Be Reexamined - Performance Audit: NOAA-STD-11484 [PDF] Report

• NMFS's Unallied Science Program Awards Were Not Competitively Selected - Performance Audit: NOAA-STL-10947 [PDF] Report

• NMFS's Unallied Management Projects Program Awards Were Not Competitively Selected - Performance Audit: NOAA-STL-10952 [PDF] Report

• NMFS's Habitat Conservation Program Awards Were Not Competitively Selected - Performance Audit: NOAA-STL-10953 [PDF] Report

• NMFS's Cooperative Science and Education Program Awards Were Not Competitively Selected - Performance Audit: NOAA-STL-10951 [PDF] Report

• NESDIS's Research in Remote Sensing of the Earth and Environment Program Awards Were Not Competitively Selected - Performance Audit: NOAA-ATL-10944 [PDF] Report

• NWS's Hydrologic Research Program Awards Were Not Competitively Selected - Performance Audit: NOAA-ATL-11140 [PDF] Report

• NOS's Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment Program Awards Were Not Competitively Selected - Performance Audit: NOAA-ATL-11084 [PDF] Report

• AquaFuture, Incorporated NOAA AWARD No. NA56FK00112 [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

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

• 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

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

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

• Coastal Zone Management and National Estuarine Research Reserve System Programs Require Management Attention to Increase Effectiveness - Inspection: NOAA-IPE-9044 [PDF] Report

• NMFS Laboratory Structure Should Be Streamlined - Performance Audit: NOAA-STL-8982 [PDF] Report

• Excess Satellite Funding Indicates Need For Better Financial Controls - Evaluation: NOAA-OSE-8797 [PDF] Report

• Administrative Support Centers Need Functional Realignment and Focus on Essential Services - Inspections: NOAA-IPE-8569 [PDF] Report

• NOAA Geostationary Acquisition - Evaluation: NOAA-OSE-8784 [PDF] Report

• Weather Service Modernization Contract To Be Reduced

• Northwest Emergency Assistance Plan Needs Focus

• NEXRAD Software Maintenance [PDF] Report