April 11, 2025

Evaluation of DoD Roles and Processes Leading up to the July 2023 Basing Decision for the U.S. Space Command (Report No. DODIG-2025-084)

The objective of this evaluation was to determine the roles and processes of DoD leadership prior to the decision to base the U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM) headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

April 10, 2025

Audit of Department of Defense Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Contract Awards (Report No. DODIG-2025-083)

The objective of this audit is to determine whether DoD contracting officials awarded lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) contracts in accordance with Federal laws and DoD policies and regulations.

April 7, 2025

Project Announcement: Summary External Peer Review of the Naval Audit Service (Project No. D2025-DEV0SO-0096.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we are initiating the subject external peer review. The Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, requires the DoD Office of Inspector General to conduct, or approve arrangements for the conduct of, external peer review reviews of DoD agencies in accordance with Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS).

April 4, 2025

Management Advisory: Air Force Actions to Identify and Respond to Harassment of Service Members (Report No. DODIG-2025-082)

This final management advisory identifies observations made during the DoD Office of Inspector General’s (DoD OIG) “Evaluation of the Air Force’s Actions to Identify and Respond to Harassment of Service Members.” We previously provided copies of the draft management advisory and requested written comments on the recommendations. We considered management’s comments on the draft management advisory when preparing the final advisory. The management comments are included in this advisory.

April 3, 2025

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the Secretary of Defense's Reported Use of a Commercially Available Messaging Application for Official Business (Project No. D2025-DEVOPC-0095.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we are initiating the subject evaluation. We are conducting this evaluation in response to a March 26, 2025 letter I received from the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, requesting that I conduct an inquiry into recent public reporting on the Secretary of Defense's use of an unclassified commercially available messaging application to discuss information pertaining to military actions in Yemen in March 2025.

March 31, 2025

Project Announcement: Assistance with OPM's Agreed Upon Procedures for Reviewing FY 2025 Civilian Payroll Withholding Data and Enrollment Information (Project No. D2025-D000FE-0082.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we plan to begin performing the subject agreed-upon procedures in April 2025. Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 24-02, “Audit Requirements for Federal Financial Statements,” July 29, 2024, requires us to perform certain agreed-upon procedures on DoD payroll and personnel files.

March 31, 2025

Audit of Storage of U.S. Army Prepositioned Stocks in Belgium and the Netherlands (Report No. DODIG-2025-081)

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Army’s storage of prepositioned stocks (APS-2) in Belgium and the Netherlands.

March 28, 2025

External Peer Review of the Evaluations Organization of the U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Inspector General

This required external peer review was conducted in accordance with the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) Inspection and Evaluation Committee guidance as contained in the CIGIE Guide for Conducting Peer Reviews of Inspection and Evaluation Organizations of Federal Offices of Inspector General, issued in July 2023.  The peer review was conducted from September 25, 2024, through February 21, 2025.