Jan. 31, 2019

DoD Efforts to Train, Advise, Assist, and Equip the Armed Forces of the Republic of the Philippines DODIG-2019-048

We determined whether DoD efforts to train, advise, assist, and equip the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), as articulated by DoD and USPACOM Operation Pacific Eagle–Philippines execute orders, increased the AFP’s capability to counter existing violent extremist organization (VEO) threats and built sustainable AFP capabilities to disrupt, defeat, and deny safe haven to current and future VEOs in the Philippines.

Dec. 6, 2018

Report of Investigation into the United States Air Force’s Failure to Submit Devin Kelley’s Criminal History Information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation DODIG-2019-030

On November 5, 2017, a former Air Force member, Devin Kelley, shot and killed 26 people and wounded 22 others at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas. Kelley was able to purchase a firearm from a federal firearms licensed dealer, even though he had a disqualifying conviction while in the Air Force.

Dec. 4, 2018

Evaluation of Combatant Command Intelligence Directorate Internal Communications Processes DODIG-2019-032

We determined whether the internal communication processes of the geographic combatant command joint intelligence operations centers (JIOCs) had weaknesses similar to the flaws in management processes at U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) as identified in Report No. DODIG-2017-049, “Unclassified Report of Investigation on Allegations Relating to USCENTCOM Intelligence Products,” January 31, 2017 (hereafter, the USCENTCOM Investigation).

Nov. 29, 2018

Project Announcement: Quality Systems Review of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (Project No. 2019C002)

The DoD Office of Inspector General will conduct a quality systems evaluation of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS).

July 18, 2018

DoD’s Organizational Changes to the Past Conflict Personnel Accounting Community DODIG-2018-138

Our objective was to evaluate the Department’s implementation of prior DoD OIG recommendations and Secretary of Defense-directed organizational changes to the past conflict personnel accounting community, which resulted in the formation of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA).

May 30, 2018

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the DoD's Management of Opioid Use Disorder within the DoD (Project No. D2018-D00SPO-0156.000)

The DoD OIG plans to begin the subject evaluation immediately. We will determine whether the DoD's management of opioid use disorder treatment aligns with DoD policies and national guidance. We will determine whether the DoD: (1) has policies and programs in place to manage the treatment of opioid use disorder for Military Health System beneficiaries; (2) identified and resolved programmatic barriers to treatment for individuals diagnosed with an opioid use disorder; and (3) established and implemented opioid use disorder treatment outcome and process measures to inform quality improvements, in accordance with DoD policies and national guidance.

March 30, 2018

DoD Voting Assistance Programs for Calendar Year 2017 DODIG-2018-093

In accordance with 10 U.S.C. § 1566, our objective was to determine whether voting assistance programs were effective; the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps complied with their respective Service’s voting assistance programs. We also established a self-initiated objective to determine whether DoD Agencies complied with applicable requirements of DoD Instruction (DoDI) 1000.04, “Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP),” September 13, 2012 (as modified by Change 1, effective December 1, 2017). Specifically, we sought to determine whether DoD Agencies complied with the Instruction’s requirement that all DoD Components “develop written voting-related policies to support all eligible uniformed services personnel and their family members, including those in deployed, dispersed, and tenant organizations.”

March 30, 2018

Technology Readiness of the Navy’s Next Generation Jammer Program DODIG-2018-098

We determined whether the Navy adequately planned and performed a technology readiness assessment (TRA) of the critical technologies for the Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) program.

March 1, 2018

The Army’s Tactical Explosive Detection Dog Disposition Process from 2011 to 2014 DODIG-2018-081

Objective: In 2016, the House Committee on Armed Services asked the DoD OIG to conduct an independent evaluation of the Army’s Tactical Explosive Detection Dog (TEDD) disposition status, including an analysis of transfer and adoption records at the end of the program. The objectives of this evaluation were to determine whether: • the Department of the Army complied with appropriate criteria for the disposition of TEDDs at the time when the disposition of the TEDDs occurred, and • the Secretary of the Air Force, as the Executive Agent for the DoD Military Working Dog (MWD) Program, provided the required management and policy oversight of the TEDD disposition plan.

Feb. 14, 2018

Evaluation of the Pentagon Force Protection Agency’s Critical Law Enforcement Programs DODIG-2018-071

Our objective was to determine whether the Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA) conducted criminal investigations in accordance with DoD and PFPA policy. Specifically, we reviewed 428 files that the PFPA opened on or after January 1, 2013, and closed on or before December 31, 2016. Of those 428 files, we evaluated 45 closed criminal investigations. We determined that the remaining 383 files were administrative investigations, which were not in the scope of our evaluation. In addition, we evaluated the PFPA Evidence and Weapons Programs to determine whether the PFPA complied with DoD and PFPA policy.