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Audit conducts audits that address the DoD's top priorities and management challenges; promote the efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability of DoD programs and operations; and detect and deter fraud, waste, and abuse.
Jan. 6, 2021
Project Announcement: Oversight of the Audit of the FY 2021 Department of the Air Force General Fund Financial Statements (Project No. D2021-D000FT-0070.000)
Our planned oversight will begin immediately. The Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990, as amended, requires this audit. In accordance with the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990, the DoD Office of Inspector General is the principal auditor for the Department of the Air Force General Fund Financial Statements. We contracted with the independent public accounting firm of Ernst and Young, LLP (EY), to audit the Department of the Air Force General Fund (DAF GF) Financial Statements for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2021, and September 30, 2020. The objective of EY’s audit is to determine whether the FY 2021 DAF GF Financial Statements and related notes are presented fairly and in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The objective of our oversight project is to provide contract oversight of EY’s audit of the DAF GF Financial Statements for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2021, and September 30, 2020, and to determine whether EY complied with applicable auditing standards. We will review the documentation for any classified samples and provide the results of our review to EY to use in developing their overall audit conclusions.
Project Announcement: Oversight of the Audit of the FY 2021 Department of the Air Force Working Capital Fund Financial Statements (Project No. D2021-D000FT-0071.000)
Our planned oversight will begin immediately. The Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990, as amended, requires this audit. In accordance with the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990, the DoD Office of Inspector General is the principal auditor for the Department of the Air Force Working Capital Fund Financial Statements. We contracted with the Independent Public Accounting (IPA) firm of Ernst and Young, LLP (EY), to audit the Department of the Air Force Working Capital Fund (DAF WCF) Financial Statements for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2021, and September 30, 2020. The objective of EY’s audit is to determine whether the FY 2021 DAF WCF Financial Statements and related notes are presented fairly and in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The objective of our oversight project is to provide contract oversight of EY’s audit of the DAF WCF Financial Statements for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2021, and September 30, 2020, and to determine whether EY complied with applicable auditing standards. We will review the documentation for any classified samples and provide the results of our review to EY to use in developing their overall audit conclusions.
Project Announcement: Oversight of the Audit of the FY 2021 U.S. Special Operations Command General Fund Financial Statements (Project No. D2021-D000FP-0074.000)
Our planned oversight will begin immediately. The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, requested the audit of the U.S. Special Operations Command General Fund financial statements. We contracted with the independent public accounting firm of Grant Thornton to audit the U.S. Special Operations Command General Fund Financial Statements for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2021, and September 30, 2020. The objective of Grant Thornton’s audit is to determine whether the FY 2021 U.S. Special Operations Command General Fund financial statements and related notes are presented fairly and in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. The objective of our oversight project is to provide contract oversight of Grant Thornton’s audit of the U.S. Special Operations Command General Fund Financial Statements for fiscal years ending September 30, 2021, and September 30, 2020, and to determine if Grant Thornton complied with applicable auditing standards. We will execute the contractor’s audit procedures associated with reviews of transactions and facilities that are Special Access Program, TOP SECRET, and TOP SECRET/Sensitive Compartmented Information and provide an unclassified version of the results of our review to Grant Thornton to use in developing its overall audit conclusions.
Project Announcement: Oversight of the FY 2021 Department of the Air Force Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagement No. 18, System and Organization Controls Examination of the Defense Enterprise Accounting and Management System (Project No. D2021-D000FT-0072.000)
Our planned oversight will begin immediately. The Department of the Air Force requested a Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 18 (SSAE 18) examination of the Defense Enterprise Account and Management System (DEAMS) as of June 30, 2021. We contracted with the independent public accounting firm of Ernst and Young, LLP (EY), to perform that SSAE 18 examination of DEAMS. The objective of EY’s attestation examination is to issue an opinion on the Department of the Air Force’s description of DEAMS and the suitability of the design of controls to achieve the related control objectives as of June 30, 2021. The objective of our oversight project is to provide contract oversight of EY’s attestation examination and determine whether EY complied with the contract and applicable attestation and generally accepted government auditing standards.
Jan. 5, 2021
Project Announcement: Followup Audit of Army Oversight of Logistics Civil Augmentation Program IV Government-Furnished Property in Afghanistan (Project No. D2021-D000RJ-0056.000)
We plan to begin the subject audit in January 2021. The objective of this followup audit is to determine whether the Army implemented the recommendations identified in DODIG-2018-040, “Army Oversight of Logistics Civil Augmentation Program Government-Furnished Property in Afghanistan,” December 11, 2017, to improve the accountability of Government Furnished Property. We may revise the objective as the audit proceeds, and we will also consider suggestions from management for additional or revised objectives.