Audit

Brett A. Mansfield, Deputy Inspector General for Audit

Mission

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. 14, 2020

Project Announcement: Audit of DoD's Compliance With the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (Project No. D2020-D000CP-0075.000)

The objective of this audit is to determine the effectiveness of DoD's information security policies, procedures, and practices and provide an annual independent evaluation in accordance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014.

Jan. 10, 2020

Audit of Controls Over Opioid Prescriptions at Selected DoD Military Treatment Facilities (DODIG-2020-048)

Publicly Released: January 14, 2020

The objective of this audit was to determine whether selected DoD military treatment facilities (MTFs) overprescribed opioids for DoD beneficiaries. DoD beneficiaries are active duty service members, retirees, and eligible family members who receive health care at MTFs, which the Defense Health Agency (DHA) and the Surgeons General of the Military Departments oversee.

Jan. 9, 2020

Project Announcement: Audit of the National Background Investigation System Security and Interoperability (Project No. D2020-D000CU-0072.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in January 2020. The objective of this audit is to determine whether the DoD planned for and implemented effective cybersecurity controls to protect sensitive information in the National Background Investigation System. In addition, we will determine whether the DoD planned for, developed, and implemented controls to achieve interoperability between the National Background Investigation System and legacy background investigation systems. We will consider suggestions from management on additional or revised objectives.

Jan. 8, 2020

Project Announcement: Audit of Corrective Actions Taken by DoD Components in Response to Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities Identified During the Cybersecurity Test and Evaluation of DoD Acquisition Programs (Project No. D2020-D000CX-0067.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in January 2020. The objective of this audit is to determine the extent to which DoD Components took action to accept, mitigate, or remediate cybersecurity vulnerabilities identified during the cybersecurity test and evaluation of DoD acquisition programs. We will consider suggestions from management on additional or revised objectives.

Jan. 8, 2020

Project Announcement: Oversight of the Audit of the FY 2020 U.S. Special Operations Command General Fund Financial Statements (Project No. D2020-D000FP-0063.000)

We plan to begin the subject oversight immediately. We contracted with the independent public accounting (IPA) firm of Grant Thornton to audit the U.S. Special Operations Command General Fund Financial Statements for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2020, and September 30, 2019.

  • Office of Inspector General, United States Department of Defense, 4800 Mark Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22350-1500