Audit

Sept. 8, 2021

Management Advisory Memorandum Regarding Internal Control Weaknesses Over TRICARE Payments for the Administration of COVID-19 Vaccines (Report No. DODIG-2021-122)

Publicly Released: September 10, 2021

The purpose of this memorandum is to inform DoD leadership of potential internal control weaknesses that we identified regarding TRICARE payments for the administration of coronavirus disease–2019 (COVID-19) vaccines administered to TRICARE beneficiaries from December 2020 through April 2021 and to document our recommendations to Defense Health Agency (DHA) officials.

Aug. 31, 2021

Audit of the Department of the Air Force’s Actions Taken to Mitigate Physiological Events (DODIG-2021-120)

Publicly Released: September 2, 2021

The objective of this audit is to determine whether the Department of the Air Force implemented corrective actions on fixed‐ wing aircraft to improve safety by reducing physiological events.

Aug. 31, 2021

Project Announcement: Interagency Coordination Group of Inspectors General for Guam Realignment Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2021 (Project No. D2021-D000RL-0148.000)

We plan to begin the subject review in September 2021. We are conducting this project in response to Public Law 111-84, “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010,” section 2835, October 28, 2009, as amended. This Act requires the DoD Inspector General as the chairman of the Interagency Coordination Group to provide a report to Congress by February 1, 2022, that summarizes the programs and operations funded with amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for military construction in the Territory of Guam. In addition, section 2835(h) of the Act states that the Interagency Coordination Group shall terminate upon the expenditure of 90 percent of all funds appropriated or otherwise made available for Guam realignment and shall provide a final audit of the programs and operations funded with amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for military construction on Guam.

Aug. 25, 2021

Audit of the Department of Defense’s Controls on Health Information of Well-Known Department of Defense Personnel (DODIG-2021-106)

Publicly Released: August 26, 2021

The objective of this audit was to determine whether the DoD effectively controlled access to health information of well-known DoD personnel.

Aug. 24, 2021

Project Announcement: Audit of the Department of Defense's FY 2021 Compliance With Payment Integrity Information Act Requirements (Project No. D2021-D000FL-0155.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in August 2021. This audit is required by Public Law 116-117, “Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019,” March 2, 2020. The objective of this audit is to determine whether, in FY 2021, the DoD complied with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019. We may revise the objective as the audit proceeds, and we will also consider suggestions from management for additional or revised objectives.