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, 2019

Project Announcement: Oversight of the Audit of the FY 2019 U.S. Air Force Working Capital Fund Financial Statements (Project No. D2019-D000FT-0092.000)

Our planned oversight will begin immediately. The Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990, as amended, requires this audit. We contracted with the Independent Public Accounting (IPA) firm of Ernst and Young, LLP, (EY) to audit the U.S. Air Force Working Capital Fund Financial Statements for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2019, and September 30, 2018. EY's objective is to determine whether the FY 2019 U.S. Air Force Working Capital Fund (AFWCF) financial statements and related notes are presented fairly and in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

Jan. 14, 2019

Project Announcement: Oversight of the Audit of the FY 2019 U.S. Air Force General Fund Financial Statements (Project No. D2019-D000FT-0091.000)

Our planned oversight will begin immediately. The Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990, as amended, requires this audit. We contracted with the Independent Public Accounting (IPA) firm of Ernst and Young, LLP, (EY) to audit the U.S. Air Force General Fund Financial Statements for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2019, and September 30, 2018. EY's objective is to determine whether the FY 2019 U.S. Air Force General Fund (AFGF) financial statements and related notes are presented fairly and in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

Jan. 14, 2019

Project Announcement: Summary of Reports Issued and Testimonies Made Regarding DoD Cybersecurity From July 1, 2018, Through June 30, 2019 (Project No. D2019-D000CP-0086.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in January 2019. Our objective is to: (1) summarize unclassified and classified reports issued and testimonies made from the DoD oversight community and the Government Accountability Office between July 1, 2018, and June 30, 2019 that included DoD cybersecurity issues; (2) identify cybersecurity risk areas for DoD management to address based on the five functions of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, “Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity,” April 16, 2018; and (3) identify the open DoD cybersecurity recommendations.

Jan. 9, 2019

Summary of Reports Issued Regarding Department of Defense Cybersecurity From July 1, 2017, Through June 30, 2018 DODIG-2019-044

Our objective was to (1) summarize unclassified and classified reports issued and testimonies made from the DoD oversight community and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) between July 1, 2017, and June 30, 2018, that included DoD cybersecurity issues; (2) identify cybersecurity risk areas for DoD management to address based on the five functions of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), “Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity,” April 16, 2018 (Cybersecurity Framework); and (3) identify the open DoD cybersecurity recommendations.

Jan. 9, 2019

Project Announcement: External Peer Review of the Army Internal Review Program (Project No. D2019-DAPOIA-0069.000)

The Office of the Assistant Inspector General for Audit Policy and Oversight will begin the subject review in January 2019. The Government Auditing Standards require that an audit organization performing government audits have an appropriate internal quality control system and undergo and external peer review every three years by an organization that is independent of the organization being reviewed. Our objective is to determine whether the Army Internal Review Program quality control system was suitably designed; and whether the organization complied with its quality control system to provide it with reasonable assurance of conformity with the applicable professional standards for the period ended December 31, 2018.

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