We are initiating an audit of United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) acquisition practices. Our objective is to determine whether USPTO’s processes and activities for acquisition planning are effective and consistent with established practices, procedures, and regulations.
We plan to begin this work immediately. We will contact your audit liaison to schedule an entrance conference, at which time we will discuss in further detail the specific nature of our project—including our objectives and scope, time frames, and potential data needs.
If you have any questions about this audit, please contact me at (202) 793-2938, or Amni Samson, Director for Audit and Evaluation, Intellectual Property, at (202) 793-3324.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
cc: Derrick Brent, Deputy Director, USPTO Andrew I. Faile, Acting Commissioner for Patents, USPTO David L. Berdan, General Counsel, USPTO Jay Hoffman, Chief Financial Officer, USPTO Sean Mildrew, Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Audit Resolution Officer, USPTO Jamie Holcombe, Chief Information Officer, USPTO Stacy Long, Senior Counsel for Employment Litigation and OIG Matters, USPTO Nicolas Oettinger, Senior Counsel for Rulemaking and Legislative Affairs, USPTO Welton Lloyd, Jr., Audit Liaison, USPTO Mohamed Ahmed, Assistant Audit Liaison, USPTO MaryAnn Mausser, Audit Liaison, Office of the Secretary
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