Evaluations

April 13, 2020

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the Ground Test and Evaluation Infrastructure Supporting Hypersonic Capabilities (Project No. D2020-DEV0SN-0106.000)

We plan to begin the subject evaluation in April 2020. Our objective is to determine whether the DoD has sufficient ground test and evaluation facilities with the capability and capacity to support environmental testing for DoD's planned hypersonic weapon systems.

March 31, 2020

Evaluation of Niger Air Base 201 Military Construction (DODIG-2020-077)

Publicly Released: April 2, 2020 The objective of this evaluation was to determine whether the U.S. Air Force effectively planned, designed, and constructed Air Base 201 in Niger to provide airfield and base support infrastructure in support of U.S. Africa Command operations.

March 31, 2020

Evaluation of Department of Defense Voting Assistance Programs for Calendar Year 2019 (DODIG-2020-076)

Publicly Released: April 2, 2020

In accordance with the requirements of section 1566, title 10, United States Code (10 U.S.C § 1566 [2014]), as amended, the objective of our evaluation was to report on, the effectiveness of voting assistance programs during the preceding calendar year; and the level of compliance with the voting assistance programs of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps during the preceding calendar year.

March 25, 2020

Evaluation of the United States Air Force Enterprise Ground Services (DODIG-2020-074)

Publicly Released: March 27, 2020

The Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy requested that the DoD OIG evaluate the status of Air Force efforts to develop the Enterprise Ground Services (EGS). The objective of the evaluation was to determine whether the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) developed a plan to implement EGS. We also reviewed the status of the AFSPC’s effort to implement the mandatory use of EGS by December 2028.

March 24, 2020

Evaluation of the Department of Defense’s Handling of Incidents of Sexual Assault Against (or Involving) Cadets at the United States Military Academy (DODIG-2020-073)

Publicly Released: March, 26, 2020

The objectives of this evaluation were to determine whether United States Military Academy (USMA) Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention (SHARP) Office personnel provided SHARP services to cadet victims of sexual assault as required by DoD and Army policy; United States Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID) agents investigated reports of sexual assaults involving cadet victims in accordance with DoD, Army, and CID policy; USMA commanders and decision makers retaliated against cadet victims by separating them from the USMA for reporting sexual assault; and the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USD[P&R]) annually reported the correct number of cadet victim reports of sexual assaults to Congress.