Evaluations

Sept. 4, 2020

Evaluation of the Air Force’s Certification of Space Launch Vehicles (DODIG-2020-126)

Publicly Released: September 9, 2020

The objective of this evaluation was to determine whether Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) officials complied with the Air Force Launch Services New Entrant Certification Guide (NECG) when certifying the launch system designs for the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) class (formerly known as the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle class) SpaceX Falcon family of launch vehicles. Additionally, during the evaluation we expanded the objective to also determine whether SMC officials applied the design validation approach in the NECG to three other space launch providers’ new entrant launch vehicles that were in development: Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, United Launch Alliance, and Blue Origin, LLC. During the evaluation, these three launch providers’ certification processes were still in progress.

Sept. 4, 2020

Evaluation of the Department of Defense and Department of Defense Education Activity Responses to Incidents of Serious Juvenile-on-Juvenile Misconduct on Military Installations (DODIG-2020-127)

Publicly Released: September 9, 2020 The objectives of this evaluation were to determine whether the DoD and DoD Education Activity have adequate policies and procedures to respond to incidents of serious juvenile-on-juvenile misconduct, including sexual assault and sexual harassment; and referred serious juvenile-on-juvenile misconduct incidents to DoD law enforcement organizations and military and civilian child advocacy and health services.

Aug. 31, 2020

Project Announcement: Summary Evaluation on Oversight of the External Peer Review of the Air Force Audit Agency (Project No. D2020-DEV0SO-0169.000)

We will begin the subject evaluation in September 2020. The Government Auditing Standards (GAS) require that an audit organization performing audits in accordance with GAS undergo an external peer review every three years by an organization that is independent of the organization being reviewed.

Aug. 31, 2020

Project Announcement: Summary Evaluation on Oversight of the External Peer Review of the Army Audit Agency (Project No. D2020-DEV0SO-0170.000)

We will begin the subject evaluation in September 2020. The Government Auditing Standards (GAS) require that an audit organization performing audits in accordance with GAS undergo an external peer review every three years by an organization that is independent of the organization being reviewed.

Aug. 31, 2020

Project Announcement: Evaluation of Special Victim Investigation and Prosecution (SVIP) Capability within the Department of Defense (Project No. D2020-DEV0SV-0151.000)

The DoD Office of Inspector General is evaluating the Special Victim Investigation and Prosecution (SVIP) Capability within the Department of Defense. The objective of this evaluation is to determine whether the Services are complying with federal law and Department directives with respect to SVIP responsibilities to victims of covered offenses.