The DoD OIG newsletter summarizes the reports and investigations released by the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General in the previous month and those we anticipate releasing in the coming month.

The DoD OIG recently released records related to the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) Cloud Procurement. The records include the DoD OIG files that support the findings and conclusions in the final report. The DoD OIG released the records in response to a FOIA request, and posted them in the FOIA Reading Room as a result of the DoD OIG’s commitment to transparency and to promote the public’s understanding of our oversight work.

Publicly Released: August 17, 2021

This Lead Inspector General (Lead IG) report on Operation Freedom’s Sentinel (OFS) summarizes historical oversight activities from April 1, 2021 through June 30, 2021, and provides background about events leading up to recent, significant and fast moving developments in Afghanistan. Future Lead IG quarterly reports will further highlight these and other developments in Afghanistan.

We plan to begin the subject evaluation immediately. We will conduct this evaluation in accordance with section 1566, title 10, United States Code (2014), as amended, which requires the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) to report annually to Congress, no later than March 31 each year.

Publicly Released: October 7, 2021

The objective of this audit was to determine whether the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) was verifying that grantees met the terms and conditions of grants. We also determined whether DoDEA was verifying that grantees met the grant interim goals.

We plan to begin the subject audit in October 2021. The objective of this audit is to determine whether Army officials are producing and fielding Integrated Visual Augmentation System units that meet capability requirements and user needs. We may revise the objective as the audit proceeds, and we will also consider suggestions from management for additional or revised objectives.

The United States Attorney's Office today announced that it has entered into a settlement agreement with New Britain-based CW Resources Inc. to resolve allegations that CW Resources submitted claims that falsely certified compliance with program requirements and failed to maintain adequate medical documentation of significantly disabled employees pursuant to the AbilityOne Program.

A Lawrence man was sentenced yesterday in connection with a scheme to defraud the U.S. Navy relating to glove liners purchased for use on nuclear submarines.

Crane Company has agreed to pay to the United States to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by failing to comply with Military Specification (Mil Spec) Mil-V 24624 for certain high performance butterfly valves and requirements for inclusion on the Qualified Products List (QPL) where the valves appeared. The valves were supplied for use in U.S. Navy ships.