May 21, 2024

Press Release:Audit of the DoD’s Controls for Validating and Responding to Ukraine’s Requests for Military Equipment and Assistance (Report No. DODIG-2024-082)

Inspector General Robert P. Storch announced today that the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General released the “Audit of the DoD’s Controls for Validating and Responding to Ukraine’s Requests for Military Equipment and Assistance.”  

May 16, 2024

Press Release: Special Inspector General Report to the U.S. Congress on Operation Atlantic Resolve, Fiscal Year 2024, Quarter Two

Today, Robert P. Storch, the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Defense and the Special Inspector General for Operation Atlantic Resolve, released the second quarterly report to the United States Congress on Operation Atlantic Resolve (OAR).

May 9, 2024

Press Release: Audit of the Army’s Award of Noncompetitive Contracts in Support of Ukraine (Report No. DODIG-2024-078)

Inspector General Robert P. Storch announced today that the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General released the “Audit of the Army’s Award of Noncompetitive Contracts in Support of Ukraine.”

March 19, 2024

Press Release: Special Inspector General for Operation Atlantic Resolve Launches New Website on Oversight of U.S. Assistance to Ukraine

Today the Inspector General (IG) for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), who is the Special Inspector General for Operation Atlantic Resolve, including U.S. assistance to Ukraine; the IGs for the U.S. Department of State (State) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); and the Comptroller General of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) announced the launch of www.UkraineOversight.gov. This new, collaborative website focuses on the whole-of-government effort to oversee U.S. security, economic, humanitarian, and other assistance to Ukraine.

Feb. 20, 2024

Press Release: Evaluation of Sustainment Strategies for the Patriot Air Defense Systems Transferred to the Ukrainian Armed Forces (DODIG-2024-056) and Evaluation of the DoD's Sustainment Plan for Bradley, Stryker, and Abrams Armored Weapon Systems (DODIG-2024-057)

The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General released two reports on the sustainment of equipment provided to Ukraine: the “Evaluation of the DoD’s Sustainment Plan for Bradley, Stryker, and Abrams Armored Weapon Systems Transferred to the Ukrainian Armed Forces” and the “Evaluation of Sustainment Strategies for the PATRIOT Air Defense Systems Transferred to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.”

Feb. 8, 2024

Defense, State, and USAID Inspectors General Return to Kyiv

Last week, the Inspectors General and other leaders from the Offices of Inspectors General for the Department of Defense, Department of State, and U.S. Agency for International Development conducted a three-day joint trip to Kyiv, Ukraine.

Jan. 18, 2024

Press Release: Management Advisory: Leahy Vetting of DoD-Trained Ukrainian Armed Forces (DODIG-2024-046)

Inspector General Robert P. Storch announced today that the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General released the “Management Advisory on the Leahy Vetting of DoD-Trained Ukrainian Armed Forces.”

Jan. 9, 2024

Press Release: Management Advisory: Audit of Remote Maintenance and Distribution Cell-Ukraine Restructuring Contract Award (DODIG-2024-041)

Inspector General Robert P. Storch announced today that the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General released the “Management Advisory: Audit of Remote Maintenance and Distribution Cell–Ukraine Restructuring Contract Award.”

Oct. 26, 2023

Press Release: FY 2024 Joint Strategic Oversight Plan for Operation Atlantic Resolve (JSOP-OAR)

FY 2024 Joint Strategic Oversight Plan for Operation Atlantic Resolve (JSOP-OAR) is the annual joint strategic oversight plan submitted to Congress by the Lead IG for OAR.  This plan complies with the oversight requirements pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 419 of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended.  The JSOP-OAR describes the Lead IG and partner agencies’ oversight of U.S. Government activities in support of the ongoing OAR mission, including activities related to Ukraine.

Sept. 21, 2023

PRESS RELEASE

The Chair of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) announced the selection of the Honorable Robert P. Storch, the Department of Defense Inspector General (DoD IG), as the Lead Inspector General (Lead IG) for Operation Atlantic Resolve (OAR). In that capacity, Inspector General Storch will work closely with the other Lead IG partner oversight offices—the Department of State (State) and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) OIGs—to deliver comprehensive and effective oversight of the wider U.S. response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Lead IG designation will take effect on October 18, 2023.