Commerce IG Doing FirstNet Audit
The Commerce Department’s Office of Inspector General is launching a review of FirstNet’s contract with AT&T to build the national network for first responders. The audit focuses on FirstNet’s implementation of the contract rather than the award itself and is…
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a routine audit, government officials said. AT&T, NTIA and FirstNet didn’t comment. “Our objective is to determine whether FirstNet properly administered Task Order Number 3, Deployment, Operation, and Maintenance of the Nationwide Core,” said a one-page May 3 IG memo. “We will conduct our fieldwork at FirstNet’s headquarters in Reston, Virginia, and other locations as needed.” The IG could be conducting a spot audit, which is common “especially with contracts this large” or the IG could be reacting to a complaint, said a former Commerce Department official.