Oral Statement of Mr. Brett Mansfield to House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations.

The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) announced today that it released the “Evaluation of the DoD's Capabilities to Effectively Carry Out Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore Operations and Exercises.”

The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) announced today that it released the “Evaluation of Incurred Cost Audits Performed by Non-Federal Auditors for Compliance with Government Auditing Standards.” “Government Auditing Standards are crucial because they ensure the integrity, accountability, and transparency of Government operations,” said IG Storch.

The objective of this audit was to determine whether the Army effectively managed the storage, maintenance, and accountability of Army Prepositioned Stock–4 (APS-4) in accordance with Federal and DoD requirements.

The objective of this evaluation was to assess the effectiveness with which the DoD and Military Departments developed policies and procedures for identifying and reporting allegations of child abuse at military‑operated child development centers (CDCs). This is the first of two evaluations on CDCs. A subsequent evaluation will focus on the DoD’s and Military Departments’ implementation of policies to verify that child abuse allegations were appropriately addressed at select CDCs.

The objective of this evaluation was to assess the DoD’s capabilities to effectively carry out joint logistics over the shore (JLOTS) operations and exercises.

Multiple people have been sentenced for their roles in a conspiracy to pay kickbacks in exchange for prescription referrals, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.

A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging a Providence man with two counts of making false statements in an alleged scheme to obtain veterans’ disability compensation and health care benefits that he is not entitled to receive, announced Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom.

The Justice Department today announced the court-authorized seizure of nine internet domains associated with some of the world’s leading DDoS-for-hire services. Poland’s Central Cybercrime Bureau simultaneously announced the arrests of four administrators of such services, investigations which were assisted by U.S. authorities. Several of the arrested administrators operated websites seized pursuant to previous operations by the Central District of California.