Evaluations

July 12, 2021

Project Announcement: Follow-Up on Trans-Africa Airlift Support Contract Report (Project No. D2021- DEV0PD-0140.000)

We plan to begin the subject evaluation in July 2021. This evaluation will determine whether the actions taken in response to recommendations made in the Trans-Africa Airlift Support Contract Report (Report No. DoDIG-2018-116) resolved the underlying challenges related to USAFRICOM training; USAFRICOM’s conduct of Services Requirement Review Boards (SRRB); and USTRANSCOM’s policies and procedures for planning and executing external services acquisitions. We will consider suggestions from management on additional or revised objectives.

June 21, 2021

Project Announcement: External Peer Review of the Defense Contract Management Agency, Office of Internal Audit and Inspector General (Project No. D2021-DEV0SO-0135.000)

We will begin the subject external peer review in June 2021. The Government Auditing Standards require that an audit organization performing audits in accordance with the Government Auditing Standards undergo an external peer review every three years by an organization that is independent of the organization being reviewed. Our objective is to determine, for the 3-year period ended May 31, 2021, whether the quality control system for the Defense Contract Management Agency Office of Internal Audit and Inspector General was designed to provide reasonable assurance that the policies and procedures related to the system of audit quality are suitably designed, operating effectively, and complied with in practice.

June 7, 2021

Project Announcement: Evaluation of Combatant Commands Communication Challenges with Foreign Nation Partners during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Mitigation Efforts (Project No. D2021-DEV0PD-0132.000)

We plan to begin the subject evaluation in June 2021. The objective of this evaluation is to determine how U.S. Africa Command, U.S. Central Command, U.S. European Command, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, U.S. Southern Command, and their Component Commands mitigated communication problems with partner nations during the COVID-19 pandemic, document those mitigation strategies, and consider whether these strategies should be employed in future operations where personal interaction is not possible. We may revise the objective as the evaluation proceeds, and we will consider suggestions from management for additional or revised objectives.

May 21, 2021

Evaluation of the Air Force Systems Engineering Processes Used in the Development of the Refueling Boom for the KC-46A Tanker (DODIG-2021-088)

Publicly Released: May 27, 2021

The objective of this evaluation was to determine whether the Air Force adhered to DoD and Air Force systems engineering processes during the design and development of the KC-46A aerial refueling boom.

May 21, 2021

Quality Control Review of the PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP FY 2019 Single Audit of the Institute for Defense Analyses (DODIG-2021-087)

Publicly Released: May 27, 2021

The objective of this quality control review was to determine whether PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP performed the FY 2019 single audit of the Institute for Defense Analyses in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards and Federal requirements for single audits.