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INTERNAL REPORTS INVOLVING NSF MANGEMENT AND OPERATIONS

Cost Associated with NSF's Use of Intergovernmental Personnel Act Assignees March 20, 2013
13-2-008
Compliance with the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act March 15, 2013
13-2-007
Project Reporting of NSF Awards March 4, 2013
13-2-006
Evaluation of Results for Division of Undergraduate Education Programs February 20, 2013
Sunshine Act Compliance Inspection February 14, 2013
Federal Information Security Management Act FY 2012 Independent Evaluation Report January 12, 2013
13-2-003
Management of Contingency in the EarthScope Awards September 28, 2012
12-2-010
Alert Memo, NSF’s Management of Cooperative Agreements September 28, 2012
12-6-001
NSF Controls for Ensuring that Climate Change Education Program Funds are Not Used Improperly for Advocacy July 13, 2012
NSF Funded Conference Activities (Staff Retreats) March 23, 2012
OIG 12-2-009
NSF's Independent Research and Development Program March 16, 2012
OIG 12-2-008
NSF's Process for Assessing its Financial and Administrative Staffing Needs March 16, 201
OIG 12-2-007
NSF's Oversight of Grantee Institutions' Conflicts of Interest September 30, 2011
OIG 11-2-009
NSF's Process for Achieving Priority Goals September 27, 2011
OIG 11-2-008
NSF's Actions to Improve Workforce Management and the Work Environment for Employees March 17, 2011
OIG 11-2-006
Audit of NSF's Workforce Management: Rotating Director Model March 30, 2010
OIG 10-2-009
Audit of National Science Board Compliance with the Government in the Sunshine Act for 2007 - 2009 February 12, 2010
OIG 10-2-008
Audit of NSF's Resolution and Followup Process for External Audits December 23, 2009
OIG 10-2-006
Audit of NSF's Fiscal Years 2009 and 2008 Financial Statements November 12, 2009
OIG 10-2-002
Audit of NSF's Recovery Act Data Quality Review Process October 29, 2009
OIG 10-2-001
Audit of Supplemental Funding for Certain CISE Research Awards December 1, 2008
OIG 09-2-004
Audit of the National Science Foundation's Fiscal Years 2008 and 2007 Financial Statements - page II-3 November 12, 2008
OIG 09-2-001
Audit of Large Facility Operations Agreements: Performance Measurement and Evaluation September 30, 2008
OIG 08-2-005
Audit of NSF Practices to Oversee and Manage Its Research Center Programs November 14, 2007
OIG 08-2-002
Review of Reasonableness of VECO USA, Inc's Proposed Increased Fee Associated with an Accounting Change September 28, 2007
OIG 07-2-008
Study of NSF's Administrative and Overhead Costs September 26, 2007
OIG 07-2-005
2006 Government in the Sunshine Act Report February 15, 2007
OIG 07-2-003
Summary of Eleven Indirect-Cost Audits and NSF's Process for Reviewing Indirect-Cost Proposals September 29, 2006
OIG 06-2-012
Interest in NSF Providing More Research Results September 26, 2006
OIG 06-2-013
NSF Policy on Facility and Administrative Cost Rates July 7, 2006
OIG 06-2-011
2005 Government in the Sunshine Act Report February 16, 2006
OIG 06-2-010
NSF's Policies on Public Access to the Results of NSF-Funded Research February 16, 2006
OIG 06-2-004
Raytheon Polar Services Company - Survey and Interal Control Assessment Review March 15, 2006
OIG 06-2-003
Audit of NSF's Travel Card Program September 30, 2005
OIG 05-2-012
Audit of NSF's Law Enforcement Program in the Antarctic August 30, 2005
OIG 05-2-009
Audit of Grants Management at Dakota State University March 8, 2005
OIG 05-6-004
Audit of National Science Board Compliance with the Government in the Sunshine Act for 2004 February 14, 2005
OIG 05-2-007
Survey of Large Facility Projects Management and Oversight December 29, 2004
OIG 05-6-002
Audit of Project Reporting for NSF Awards December 13, 2004
OIG 05-2-006
United States - Mexico Foundation for Science December 8, 2004
OIG 05-2-005
FY2004 Audit of NSF Financial Statement
(page 196 of full NSF Performance and Accountability Report)
November 12, 2004
OIG 05-2-003
Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research September 30, 2004
OIG 04-2-007
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme,
Stockholm, Sweden
September 30, 2003
OIG 03-2-014
Audit of Costs Associated With Visiting Personnel

July 23, 2004
OIG 04-2-006

Math and Science Partnership Program May 14, 2004
OIG 04-2-003
Audit of NSB Compliance with the
Government in the Sunshine Act
February 13, 2004
OIG 04-2-002
Audit of NSF's
Committees of Visitors
September 30, 2003
OIG 03-2-013
Management Framework:
Award Monitoring
September 30, 2003
OIG 03-2-015
Audit of Occupational Health & Safety and Medical Programs in the United States Antatctic Program March 17, 2003
OIG 03-2-003
Purchase Card Program Controls
Need Stengthening
September 30, 2002
OIG 02-2-014
Audit of NSF's Travel
Charge Card Program
September 25, 2002
OIG 02-2-013
Travel Reimbursements for Industry/University
Cooperative Research Centers Program
September 25, 2002
02-2-012
Audit of Funding for Major Research
Equipment and Facilities
June 13, 2002
02-2-007
Audit of the Financial Management of the Gemini Project December 15, 2000
01-2-001


EXTERNAL REPORTS -
AUDITS INVOLVING NSF'S AWARDEES
University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Noncompliance with Cost Accounting Standards Leads to $2.1 Million in Questioned Costs March 29, 2013
OIG 13-1-003
Jackson State University February 5, 2013
OIG 13-1-002
Revised NSF OIG Audit Report No. OIG 13-1-001, Incurred Cost Audit of University of Wisconsin-Madison's IceCube Cooperative Agreements March 22, 2013
OIG 13-1-001
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research September 21, 2012
OIG 12-1-007
Drilling, Observation and Sampling of the Earth’s Continental Crust, Inc. September 28, 2012
OIG 12-1-006
University of California, Santa Barbara Audit of Incurred Costs September 28, 2012
OIG 12-1-005
Institute for Defense Analysis April 27, 2012
OIG 12-1-004
University of Notre Dame March 29, 2012
OIG 12-1-003
John Hopkins University January 31, 2012
OIG 12-1-002
Interrnational Computer Science Institute January 31, 2012
OIG 12-1-001
Associated Universities, Inc.'s Accounting System and Executive Compensation September 30, 2011
OIG 11-1-024
Field Museum of Natural History September 30, 2011
OIG 11-1-023
National Ecological Observatory Network's (NEON) Construction Proposal September 30, 2011
OIG 11-1-021
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory September 30, 2011
OIG 11-1-020
Independent Audit of EDJ Associates, Incorporated Post Award Accounting System September 30, 2011
OIG 11-1-018
Improvements in Grant Management Needed at the University of Alaska – Anchorage August 31, 2011
OIG 11-1-017
Evaluation of AUI’s Internal Control over Property, Procurement and Travel March 31, 2011
OIG 11-1-016
Recovery Act Quarterly Reporting Processes at the University of Washington March 31, 2011
OIG 11-1-015
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) FY 2002 through FY 2007 Incurred Costs March 31, 2011
OIG 11-1-014
Louisiana Board of Regents March 31, 2011
OIG 11-1-013
Boston University March 31, 2011
OIG 11-1-012
Internal Control Review at North Carolina Central University March 25, 2011
OIG 11-1-011
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.’s/National Optical Astronomy Observatories’ Accounting System and Proposal Estimating Practices March 31, 2011
OIG 11-1-010
Ohio State University March 31, 2011
OIG 11-1-009
Limited Scope Review of Recovery Act Quarterly Reporting Processes – California Academy of Sciences March 10, 2011
OIG 11-1-008
Limited Scope Review of Recovery Act Quarterly Reporting Processes – American Museum of Natural History March 15, 2011
OIG 11-1-007
Limited Scope Review of Recovery Act Data Quality – Institute of Global Environment and Society March 25, 2011
OIG 11-1-006
Limited Scope Review of Recovery Act Data Quality – West Virginia University Research Corporation March 10, 2011
OIG 11-1-005
Limited Scope Review of Recovery Act Data Quality - New Jersey Institute of Technology March 10, 2011
OIG 11-1-004
Limited Scope Review of Recovery Act Quarterly Reporting Processes at the University of Alaska – Anchorage March 10, 2011
OIG 11-1-003
Limited Scope Review: Effort Reporting and Cost Sharing Improvements Needed at California State University – Fresno March 10, 2011
OIG 11-6-004
William Marsh Rice University March 4, 2011
OIG 11-1-002
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.’s (AURA) Cost Book Proposal for the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope (ATST) - Revised March 31, 2011
OIG 11-1-001
Incorporated Institutions for Seismology's (IRIS) Accounting System September 30, 2010
OIG 10-1-016
Consortium for Ocean Leadership's (COL) Incurred Costs September 30 , 2010
OIG 10-1-015
Joint Oceanographic Institutions' (JOI) Incurred Costs September 30, 2010
OIG 10-1-014
Associated Universities Inc.'s (AUI) Short and Long Range Planning Processes September 30, 2010
OIG 10-1-013
Consortium for Ocean Leadership's (COL) Proposed Budget for the Ocean Observatories Initiative September 30, 2010
OIG 10-1-012
Consortium for Ocean Leadership's (COL) Accounting System September 30, 2010
OIG 10-1-011
Consortium for Ocean Leadership's (COL) Government Owned Equipment September 21, 2010
OIG 10-1-010
Follow-up Audit of Caltech Implementation of Payroll Distribution System Report Recommendations March 22, 2010
OIG 10-1-009
Effort Reporting System, University of Delaware March 17, 2010
OIG 10-1-008
NEES Consortium, Inc. March 4, 2010
OIG 10-1-007
University of Missouri - Columbia March 3, 2010
OIG 10-1-006
Effort Reporting System, Washington University in Saint Louis February 10, 2010
OIG 10-1-005
Academy of Natural Sciences February 25, 2010
OIG 10-1-004
Effort Reporting System, University of Nevada – Reno January 14, 2010
OIG 10-1-003
Effort Reporting System, University of Wisconsin - Madison November 2, 2009
OIG 10-1-002
Payroll Distribution and Effort Reporting System, State University of New York, Stony Brook November 9, 2009
OIG 10-1-001
University of Michigan August 19, 2009
OIG 09-1-014
Purdue University, Effort Reporting System July 30, 2009
OIG 09-1-013
Arizona State University, Effort Reporting System August 4, 2009
OIG 09-1-012
University of Wisconsin, Ice Coring and Drilling Services July 31, 2009
OIG 09-1-011
Carnegie Institution of Washington, Internal Control Review July 9, 2009
OIG 09-1-010
Georgia Institute of Technology, Effort Reporting System, June 30, 2009
OIG 09-1-009
Cornell University, Audit of Effort Reporting System, June 30, 2009
OIG 09-1-008
Audit of the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation March 31, 2009
OIG 09-1-007
Audit of Effort Reporting System, University of Arizona March 25, 2009
OIG 09-1-006
Audit of Exploratorium March 26, 2009
OIG 09-1-005
Audit of ABT Associates, Inc.'s Fiscal Year 2004 Incurred Costs March 11, 2009
OIG 09-1-004
Bermuda Institute for Ocean Sciences, Audit Report on Financial Capability March 4, 2009
OIG 09-1-003
Audit of American Institute of Physics December 23, 2008
OIG 09-1-002
Audit of Educational Development Center, Inc. December 18, 2008
OIG 09-1-001
Audit of Labor Effort Reporting System, Vanderbilt University September 30, 2008
OIG 08-1-014
Audit of ABT Associates September 30, 2008
OIG 08-6-002
Audit of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 Final Indirect Cost Rate Proposal September 30, 2008
OIG 08-6-003
Audit of WestEd July 28, 2008
OIG 08-1-011
Audit of Effort Reporting System, University of California - San Diego May 2, 2008
OIG 08-1-010
Audit of School District of Philadelphia May 13, 2008
OIG 08-1-009
Audit of Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences Multi-Year Incurred Costs Audit and FY 2005 Final Indirect Rates March 26, 2008
OIG 08-1-008
Audit of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's FY 2006 Service Center Rates, Costs Claimed, and Internal Controls over Compliance in Accordance with OMB Circular A-133 March 31, 2008
OIG 08-1-007
Audit of SRI International March 28, 2008
OIG 08-1-006
Audit of Labor Effort Reporting System, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign March 27, 2008
OIG 08-1-005
Audit of Effort Reporting System, University of California - Berkeley March 3, 2008
OIG 08-1-004
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research February 21, 2008
OIG 08-1-003
University of Utah November 15, 2007
OIG 08-1-002
Audit of WGBH Educational Foundation March 26, 2008
OIG 08-1-001
University of Maryland, Baltimore County September 28, 2007
OIG 07-1-020
Audit of Abt Associates, Inc.’s FY 2002 Incurred Costs August 30, 2007
OIG 07-1-019
Post Award Accounting System Audit of Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences September 27, 2007
OIG 07-1-018
Supplemental Report to NSF OIG Audit Report No. OIG-06-1-023, Audit of Raytheon Polar Services Company's Costs Claimed For Fiscal Years 2003 to 2004 September 12, 2007
OIG 07-1-017
Audit of VECO USA, Inc.'s Disclosure Statement and Cost Impact Proposal September 28, 2007
OIG 07-1-016
Supplemental Schedule Questioning Additional Fringe Benefit Costs to NSF OIG Audit Report No. OIG 06-1-023, Audit of Raytheon Polar Services Company's Costs Claimed for Fiscal Years 2003 to 2004 March 30, 2007
OIG 07-1-015
Nashville State Technical Community College March 28, 2007
OIG 07-1-014
California Institute of Technology March 30, 2007
OIG 07-1-013
University of Puerto Rico March 29, 2007
OIG 07-1-012
American Institute of Mathematics March 29, 2007
OIG 07-1-011
AGUNSA Agencias Universales S.A. Internal Control Report March 22, 2007
OIG 07-1-009
AGUNSA Agencias Universales S.A. Embezzlement Report March 22, 2007
OIG 07-1-008
Compuware March 6, 2007
OIG 07-1-007
Cost Impact Analysis regarding Raytheon’s CAS Noncompliance and Raytheon Polar Services Company’s Cost Accounting Standards Board Disclosure Statement January 11, 2007
OIG 07-1-006
Temple University March 30, 2007
OIG 07-1-005
Review of Raytheon Polar Services Company’s Cost Accounting Standards Board Disclosure Statement December 19, 2006
OIG 07-1-004
Triumph Technologies Report on Audit of Incurred Cost for Fiscal Year 2003 December 14 , 2006
OIG 07-1-003
Mathematica Policy Research Institute March 1, 2007
OIG 07-1-002
Georgia State University March 12, 2007
OIG 06-1-024
Audit of Raytheon Polar Services Company's Costs Claimed for Fiscal Years 2003 to 2004 September 29 , 2006
OIG 06-1-023
New Mexico Highlands University September 29 , 2006
OIG 06-1-021
University of Hawaii September 29 , 2006
OIG 06-1-020
North Carolina Museum of Life and Sciences, Inc. September 29 , 2006
OIG 06-1-019
Audit of Incurred Costs at VECO Rocky Mountain, Inc. for Fiscal Years 2001 to 2003 September 29 , 2006
OIG 06-1-018
Audit of Raytheon Polar Services Company Accounting System and Labor Floor Check Reviews June 15 , 2006
OIG 06-1-017
Baltimore County Public Schools September 19 , 2006
OIG 06-1-016
Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science September 1 , 2006
OIG 06-1-015
Audit of Mayatech Corporation's Incurred Costs September 19 , 2006
OIG 06-1-014
Geoff Haines-Stiles Productions, Inc. September 29 , 2006
OIG 06-1-013
Raytheon Billing System July 10, 2006
OIG 06-1-012
Raytheon Polar Services Disclosure July 6, 2006
OIG 06-1-011
University of Pennsylvania Effort Reporting June 8, 2006
OIG 06-1-010
University of Arizona Sahra Center June 30, 2006
OIG 06-1-009
Howard University March 31, 2006
OIG 06-1-008
Detroit City School District March 31, 2006
OIG 06-1-007
Institute for Systems Biology March 31, 2006
OIG 06-1-006
San Francisco Unified School District March 31, 2006
OIG 06-1-005
Raytheon Polar Services Company - Indirect and Other Direct Costs Internal Controls March 27, 2006
OIG 06-1-004
University Navstar Consortium (UNAVCO) March 16, 2006
OIG 06-1-003
University of Miami Rosenstiel School

March 16, 2006
OIG 06-1-002

Raytheon Polar Services Company - Non-compliance with Cost Accounting Standard 418 March 21, 2006
OIG 06-1-001
Audit of The American Geophysical Union - Indirect Costs September 12, 2005
OIG 05-1-011
University of California - Berkeley Financial Audit August 16, 2005
OIG 05-1-008
School District of Pittsburgh September 29, 2005
OIG 05-1-007
Texas State Technical College - West Texas March 31, 2005
OIG 05-1-006
Audit of Raytheon Polar Services Company's Costs Claimed for Fiscal Years 2000 to 2002. March 31, 2005
OIG 05-1-005
ScienCentral, Inc. and Center for Science in the Media, Inc. March 16, 2005
OIG 05-1-003
Audit of Grants Management and Expenditures on Selected NSF Awards at the University of South Dakota March 9, 2005
OIG 05-1-004
Springfield Technical Community College February 4, 2005
OIG 05-1-002
Fresno Unified School District January 4, 2005
OIG 05-1-001
American Chemical Society
Washington, DC
September 30, 2004
OIG 04-1-009
Northwest Indian College September 30, 2004
OIG 04-1-008
Sea Studios Foundation March 31, 2004
OIG 04-1-007
MacGillivray Freeman Films March 29, 2004
OIG 04-1-006
California State University,
Long Beach, California
March 31, 2004
OIG 04-1-005
Middlesex Community College March 18, 2004
OIG 04-1-004
Massachuetts Bay Community College March 25, 2004
OIG 04-1-003
San Diego State University Foundation
Overload Compensation
February 12, 2004
OIG 04-1-002
Educational Broadcasting Corporation
New York, New York
January 6, 2004
OIG 04-1-001
Middlesex County College September 30, 2003
OIG 03-1-013
Bellevue Community College September 30, 2003
OIG 03-1-012
Missouri Botanical Garden,
St. Louis, Missouri
September 30, 2003
OIG 03-1-011
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Washington, D.C.
September 2, 2003
OIG 03-1-007
Bishop Museum,
Honolulu, Hawaii
June 30, 2003
OIG 03-1-010
Texas State Technical College, Waco June 20, 2003
OIG 03-1-009
University of California,
Berkeley
May 21, 2003
OIG 03-1-008
The Academy of Natural Sciences March 31, 2003
OIG 03-1-006
American Association of Physics Teachers,
Incorporated
March 7, 2003
OIG 03-1-004
Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences February 6, 2003
OIG 03-1-003
City College of San Francisco September 30, 2002
OIG 02-1-024
Duval County Public Schools September 30, 2002
OIG 02-1-021
Atlanta Public Schools September 30, 2002
OIG 02-1-020
University of Texas, El Paso September 30, 2002
OIG 02-1-019
The Fresh Pond Research
Institute
September 30, 2002
OIG 02-1-018
American Meteorological Society September 30, 2002
OIG 02-1-016
Crabtree and Company September 30, 2002
OIG 02-1-014
Houston Independent School
District
August 30, 2002
OIG 02-1-017
Cornell University August 14, 2002
OIG 02-1-015
Carnegie Mellon University January 16, 2002
OIG 02-1-001

The OIG Reports provided on this website may be redacted in accordance with the provisions contained under the National Science Foundation Act, as amended, FOIA, Privacy Act of 1974, Trade Secrets Act, Computer Security Act of 1987, OMB Circulars A-123, A-127 and A-130, Government Information Security Reform Act, and the Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA) of 1982.


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