The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) recently re-organized to consolidate three separate evaluations components into a single Evaluations component. Effective April 1, 2019, Policy and Oversight, Special Plans and Operations, and Intelligence and Special Program Assessments became the Evaluations component, with Deputy Inspector General Michael J. Roark leading the new component.

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.

Theresa Hull, Assistant Inspector General for Acquisition at the DoD Office of Inspector General discusses TransDigm Group, Inc. with Federal News Network and how this report’s findings point to broader issues facing DoD contracting officers. Read the article here, or listen to the full radio interview here.

The objective of this audit was to determine whether DoD Components incorporated operational contract support (OCS) training into workforce development for military and DoD civilian personnel. We focused on whether the DoD identified the OCS workforce, established OCS training standards, and implemented a strategy to train the OCS workforce.

We plan to begin the agreed-upon procedures in April 2019. The Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 19-01, "Audit Requirements for Federal Financial Statements," October 4, 2018, requires that we perform certain agreed-upon procedures on DoD payroll and personnel files.

We plan to begin the subject audit in April 2019. The objective of this audit is to determine whether the U.S. European Command host nation support agreements address logistical requirements needed to execute the operation plan.

Gary DeVoe, Branch Manager for the New England Division of an insulation contractor, pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport, Connecticut, for his role in schemes to rig bids and engage in fraud on insulation installation contracts, marking the first conviction in this investigation, the Department of Justice announced.

Two more Tulsa doctors have entered into settlement agreements with the U.S. Attorney's Office for allegedly accepting illegal kickback payments from OK Compounding, LLC, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores. Lam Nguyen, 47, a licensed doctor of osteopathic medicine, agreed to pay the government $124,139.98 for allegedly accepting illegal kickback payments from OK Compounding. In a separate settlement, Hugo Salguero, 44, a licensed medical doctor specializing in pain medicine, agreed to pay the government $228,301.76 for allegedly accepting illegal kickback payments from OK Compounding.

A federal jury sitting in Nashville, Tennessee, found the former CEO of a Tennessee pain management company guilty today for his role in an illegal kickback scheme involving approximately $4 million in tainted durable medical equipment (DME) claims to Medicare, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.