Today, the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) released the report, “Audit of the Department of Defense’s FY 2024 Compliance with Payment Integrity Information Act Requirements.”

Oral Statement of Mr. Brett Mansfield to House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations.

The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) announced today that it released the “Evaluation of the DoD's Capabilities to Effectively Carry Out Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore Operations and Exercises.”

On February 28, 2025, the DoD Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued Part 1 of the Understanding the Results of the Audit of the FY 2024 DoD Financial Statements. That report discussed the composition, construction, importance, and usefulness of the DoD financial statements, defined roles and responsibilities of the preparers and auditors, and summarized the DoD’s audit results over time. This report provides an overview of the DoD’s Agency-Wide material weaknesses that are caused by DoD management’s inability to design and implement proper internal controls. These material weaknesses can hinder DoD operational effectiveness and prevent the DoD from achieving an unmodified (clean) audit opinion.

The objective of this evaluation was to assess how effectively DoD Components assign, place, and detail wartime medical specialty personnel to locations where they can maintain their wartime medical readiness skills and core competencies.

The objective of this audit was to determine whether the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Pacific and Pacific Air Forces performed administration and oversight of Guam base operations and support services contracts in accordance with Federal and DoD policies.

A former United States Marine was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Springfield, Mass. for submitting a false Purple Heart application.

Bence Horvath, 47, a Spanish national living in the United Arab Emirates, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in connection with conspiring to illegally export U.S.-origin radio communications technology to Russian end users without a license.

Juan Carlos Cairo-Padron, 56, of Huntsville, Texas, and Thomas Michael Fortinberry, 51, of Decatur, Alabama, were arrested on June 13, 2025 on a federal criminal complaint charging them with violating U.S. sanctions related to Venezuela, illegally smuggling goods from the United States, and money laundering. The defendants will make their initial court appearances in the Southern District of Texas today.