Sept. 9, 2022

REPORT OF INVESTIGATION: MR. MICHAEL A. BROWN DIRECTOR, DEFENSE INNOVATION UNIT

The DoD Hotline received a complaint against Mr. Michael A. Brown, Director, Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), on October 29, 2020. The complaint listed 15 different issues that the complainant described as problems within the DIU and “not appropriate.” In general, the complaint identified various personnel issues dealing with civilian, military, and contractor employees. We did not substantiate the allegations against Mr. Brown.

June 2, 2022

Denials of Religious Accommodation Requests Regarding Coronavirus Disease-2019 Vaccination Exemptions

April 1, 2022

Audit of Medical Conditions of Residents in Privatized Military Housing (Report No. DODIG-2022-078)

The objective of this audit was to determine the percentage of privatized military housing (PMH) units that the DoD OIG considered unsafe, unhealthy, or both. We also attempted to determine the association of exposure to certain unsafe or unhealthy conditions in these privatized units and the rate of occurrence of associated medical conditions. Finally, we assessed the DoD's efforts to track relationships between exposures and adverse health impacts.

May 18, 2021

Kinetic Targeting and Civilian Casualty Reporting in the United States Central Command Area of Responsibility

Jan. 27, 2021

Resolution of Investigation involving Lieutenant General (LTG) Michael T. Flynn, U.S. Army (Retired) (Case 20170321-043065-CASE-01)

We notified your office on April 11, 2017, that we initiated an investigation into an allegation that LTG Flynn failed to obtain required approval from the Department of the Anny and the Department of State before receiving any emolument from a foreign government or a foreign government-controlled entity. During our investigation, our office also reviewed an allegation that LTG Flynn failed to submit his Termination Office of Government Ethics Form 278 (OGE Form 278), Public Disclosure Report, after he retired from the Anny in 2014.

Sept. 30, 2020

Evaluation of the U.S. Africa Command's Response to the Coronavirus Disease-2019 (Report No. DODIG-2020-132)

On May 11, 2020, the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) began the subject evaluation to provide an early assessment of the efforts undertaken by U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM), U.S. Central Command, U.S. European Command, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, U.S. Southern Command, and the Joint Staff to maintain force, mission, and readiness while responding to the Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the subsequent public health crisis. This evaluation was conducted as a joint project bythe Evaluations and Audit Components of the DoD OIG. This report focuses on the USAFRICOM response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we will address the other Combatant Commands and the Joint Staff portions of this work separately.

July 13, 2020

Report of Investigation: Mr. John H. James, Jr. Senior Executive Service Missile Defense Agency

On August 12, 2019, the DoD Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) received a complaint referred from the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) containing allegations against Mr. John H. James, who at that time was MDA Executive Director. The complaint included allegations that Mr. James sexually harassed two employees whom we refer to as Employees 1 and 2. We also include Employee 3 who was a recipient of an inappropriate comment made by Mr. James in 2017.

July 2, 2020

Naval Ordnance Data Classification Issues Identified During the Oversight of the U.S. Navy General Fund Financial Statement Audit for FY 2020 (Report No. DODIG-2020-101)

The DoD Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) has completed an analysis of the Department of the Navy (DON) Security Classification Guides (SCGs) related to conventional naval ordnance. During the Financial Statement Audits of the Navy General Fund for FYs 2018, 2019, and 2020, we identified risks associated with Navy personnel improperly marking classified documents, and conflicting and inconsistent application of SCG requirements.

April 13, 2020

JEDI Cloud Procurement Review and Investigative Report - Fact Book

Department of Defense Office of Inspector General JEDI Cloud Procurement Review and Investigative Report - Fact Book I

April 15, 2019

Evaluation of Intelligence Interrogations Requiring Special Approval (Report No. DODIG-2019-077)

We determined whether the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence's, the U.S. Southern Command's, the U.S. Central Command's, and the U.S. Special Operations Command's oversight of intelligence interrogation approaches and techniques adhered to applicable DoD policies and regulations. We did not focus on the Defense Intelligence Agency's role because the Defense Intelligence Agency's responsibility for intelligence interrogations was providing oversight of counterintelligence and human intelligence (Cl/HUM INT) training, not overseeing the performance of combatant command Intelligence interrogations.