Audit

Feb. 7, 2022

Project Announcement: Audit of Navy’s Accelerated Promotion Program Suspension (Project No. D2022-D000RK-0090.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in February 2022. This audit is in response to a reporting requirement included in Public Law 117-81, “The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022,” section 1115, “Assessment of Accelerated Promotion Program Suspension,” December 27, 2021. The objective of this audit is to determine whether employees hired at the Navy’s four public shipyards were affected by the suspension of the Accelerated Promotion Program in 2016 and, if so, determine the number of employees affected. For employees affected, determine the monetary impact to those employees and whether they are entitled to additional compensation, and identify the amount. We may revise the objective as the audit proceeds, and we will also consider suggestions from management for additional or revised objectives.

Feb. 3, 2022

Audit of TRICARE Telehealth Payments (DODIG-2022-047)

Publicly Released: February 7, 2022

The objective of this audit was to determine whether the Defense Health Agency (DHA) paid for telehealth services in accordance with Federal and DoD guidance.

Feb. 2, 2022

Management Advisory: DoD Support for the Relocation of Afghan Nationals at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey (DODIG-2022-059)

Publicly Released: February 4, 2022

The purpose of this management advisory is to provide officials responsible for the receiving, housing, supporting, and preparing Afghan evacuees for movement to their final resettlement location with the results from our site visit to Task Force (TF) Liberty at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JB MDL), New Jersey.

Feb. 1, 2022

Audit of DoD Implementation of the DoD Coronavirus Disease–2019 Vaccine Distribution Plan (DODIG-2022-058)

Publicly Released: February 3, 2022

Our objective was to determine whether DoD officials effectively distributed and administered the coronavirus disease–2019 (COVID-19) vaccine to the DoD workforce in accordance with DoD guidance.

Feb. 1, 2022

Project Announcement: Oversight of the Audit of the FY2022 Military Retirement Fund Financial Statements (Project No. D2022-D000FE-0088.000)

Our planned oversight will begin immediately. The Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990, as amended, requires this audit. In accordance with the Act, the DoD Office of Inspector General is the principal auditor for the Military Retirement Fund Financial Statements. We contracted with the independent public accounting firm of Kearney & Company, P.C. (Kearney & Company) to audit the Military Retirement Fund Financial Statements for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2022, and September 30, 2021. The objective of Kearney & Company’s audit is to determine whether the FY 2022 Military Retirement Fund Financial Statements and related notes are presented fairly and in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The objective of our oversight project is to provide contract oversight of Kearney & Company’s audit of the Military Retirement Fund Financial Statements as of and for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2022, and September 30, 2021, and to determine whether Kearney & Company complied with applicable auditing standards.