Evaluations

June 20, 2014

Hotline Allegations Regarding Defense Contract Management Agency Contracting Officer Actions on Several Business System Audit Reports

We conducted this review to determine the validity of a DoD Hotline complaint alleging that a Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) contracting officer did not take timely or appropriate action on several Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) audit reports covering the business systems of a large DoD contractor.

June 16, 2014

Evaluation of the Department of Defense Combating Trafficking in Persons Program

The objective for this project was to review DoD Combating Trafficking in Persons program performance and compliance with DoD Instruction 2200.01, “Combating Trafficking in Persons (CTIP),” September 15, 2010. This capping report summarizes findings resulting from our multi-year review which began in 2009, in response to the requirement for the Inspectors General of the Department of Defense, Department of State, and United States Agency for International Development to investigate a sample of contracts for which there was a heightened risk that contractors may engage in acts related to trafficking in persons.

June 10, 2014

Assessment of DoD Processes in Support of Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States Determinations and Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence Mitigation

This report on the assessment of DoD processes to support Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) determinations and foreign ownership, control, or influence (FOCI) mitigation responds to longstanding management concerns and the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) high risk area of ensuring the effective protection of technologies critical to U.S. national security interests.

June 5, 2014

Quality Control Review of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP FY 2012 Single Audit of Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MIT is a private educational institute located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Its mission is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century. MIT also conducts research, primarily receiving funding from the Federal Government through grants and contracts. In addition, MIT operates the Lincoln Laboratory, a federally funded research and development center1 sponsored by the Department of Defense that uses advanced technology to address problems of national security.

May 30, 2014

Release of Final Report on Hotline Complaint Regarding the Settlement of the Pratt & Whitney Commercial Engine Cost Accounting Standards Case

We conducted an oversight review to determine the validity of a DoD Hotline complaint alleging that (i) management exerted pressure to settle a case in litigation for an amount agreeable to the contractor rather than fair to the taxpayer and (ii) the settlement amount was about $500 million less than an amount consistent with Government procurement regulations.