The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we are initiating the subject audit. The objective of this audit is to determine whether the DoD is effectively managing the ordering process of medical materiel for medical treatment facilities in the U.S. European Command area of responsibility. We may revise the objective as the audit proceeds, and we will also consider suggestions from management for additional or revised objectives. We plan to perform this audit in accordance with the Government Accountability Office’s generally accepted government auditing standards.

We will perform the audit at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center–Europe, Kaiserslautern, Germany; and the Defense Health Network Europe, Sembach, Germany. We will also visit select military treatment facilities in the U.S. European Command area of responsibility. We may identify additional locations during the audit.