Feb. 11, 2019

Project Announcement: Oversight of the FY 2019 Defense Logistics Agency Statement on Standards of Attestation Engagement No. 18, System and Organization Controls Examination of the Defense Agencies Initiative (Project No. D2019-D000FE-0098.000)

Our planned oversight will begin immediately. The Director, Defense Logistics Agency requested a Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 18 (SSAE 18) examination of the Defense Agencies Initiative (DAI) system for the period of October 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019. We contracted with the independent public accounting firm of Ernst and Young (EY), LLP to attest to the SSAE 18 examination of DAI for the period of October 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019.

Feb. 11, 2019

Project Annoucement: Oversight of the FY 2019 Defense Logistics Agency Statement on Standards of Attestation Engagement No. 18, System and Organization Controls Examination of the Service Owned Inventory in DLA Custody (Project No. D2019-D000FE-0099.000)

Our planned oversight will begin immediately. The Director, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) requested a Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 18 (SSAE 18) examination of Service Owned Inventory in DLA Custody (SOIDC) for the period of October 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019. We contracted with the independent public accounting firm of Ernst and Young (EY), LLP to attest to the SSAE 18 examination of SOIDC for the period of October 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019.

Feb. 6, 2019

Project Announcement: Oversight of the Audit of the FY 2019 Defense Information Systems Agency General Fund Financial Statements (Project No. D2019-D000FL-0108.000)

Our planned oversight will begin immediately. The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, requested an audit of the Defense Information Systems Agency General Fund Financial Statements. We contracted with the independent public accounting firm of Kearney & Company, P.C. (Kearney & Company) to audit the Defense Information System Agency's General Fund Financial Statements for Fiscal Years ending September 30, 2019, and September 30, 2018. Kearney & Company's objective is to determine whether the FY 2019 Defense Information System Agency's General Fund Financial Statements and related notes are presented fairly and in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Our objective is to provide contract oversight of Kearney & Company's audit and determine whether Kearney & Company complied with applicable auditing standards.

Feb. 6, 2019

Project Announcement: Oversight of the Audit of the FY 2019 Defense Information Systems Agency Working Capital Fund Financial Statements (Project No. D2019-D000FL-107.000)

Our planned oversight will begin immediately. The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, requested an audit of the Defense Information Systems Agency Working Capital Fund Financial Statements. We contracted with the independent public accounting firm of Kearney & Company, P.C. (Kearney & Company) to audit the Defense Information System Agency's Working Capital Fund Financial Statements for Fiscal Years ending September 30, 2019, and September 30, 2018. Kearney & Company's objective is to determine whether the FY 2019 Defense Information System Agency's Working Capital Fund Financial Statements and related notes are presented fairly and in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Our objective is to provide contract oversight of Kearney & Company's audit and determine whether Kearney & Company complied with applicable auditing standards.

Jan. 31, 2019

Independent Auditor’s Report on the FY 2018 DoD Detailed Accounting Report for the Funds Obligated for National Drug Control Program Activities DODIG-2019-049

Public Law 105-277, title VII, “Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998” (the Act), October 21, 1998, requires National Drug Control Program agencies to submit detailed accounting each year to the Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). The detailed accounting reports all funds expended by the agencies for National Drug Control Program activities during the previous fiscal year. The Act also requires each agency Inspector General to authenticate the detailed accounting before it is submitted to the ONDCP Director (section 1704[d], title 21, United States Code).

Jan. 31, 2019

Independent Auditor’s Report on the FY 2018 DoD Performance Summary Report for the Funds Obligated for National Drug Control Program Activities DODIG-2019-051

The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Circular, “Accounting of Drug Control Funding and Performance Summary,” May 8, 2018, (the Circular) requires each agency for which a Detailed Accounting Submission is required to provide a Performance Summary Report (the Report) to the Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy, by February 1 of each year. The Circular requires the DoD Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) to review the Report and express a conclusion on the reliability of each assertion made in the Report.

Jan. 29, 2019

Followup Audit on Army’s Business Case Analysis to Transition Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing In-House DODIG-2019-050

We determined whether the U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) corrected problems identified in DoD Office of Inspector General report, Report No. DODIG-2017-066, “Army Did Not Support Business Case Analysis Recommending Transition of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing,” March 14, 2017.

Jan. 28, 2019

Project Announcement: Audit of Defense Logistics Agency-Energy Reimbursement Process for Refueling Missions within the U.S Central Command and U.S. Africa Command Areas of Responsibility (D2019-D000RJ-0103.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in January 2019. Our objective is to determine whether the Defense Logistics Agency-Energy and supporting commands are billing and obtaining full reimbursement from partner nations for refueling missions within the U.S. Central Command and U.S. Africa Command areas of responsibility.

Jan. 28, 2019

Interagency Coordination Group of Inspectors General for Guam Realignment Annual Report

Public Law 111-84, “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010,” section 2835, October 28, 2009, designates the Department of Defense Inspector General as the chairperson of the Interagency Coordination Group of Inspectors General for Guam Realignment. The chairperson is required to provide an annual report to the congressional Defense committees, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of the Interior on the activities of the Interagency Coordination Group and the programs and operations funded with amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for military construction on Guam.

Jan. 28, 2019

Project Announcement: Combatant Command Integration of Space Operations Into Military Deception Plans (Project No. D2019-D000RH-0074.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in January 2019. Our objective is to determine whether U.S. European Command and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command integrated space operations into military deception plans to protect the United States and its allies against adversarial space capabilities. We will consider suggestions from management on additional or revised objectives.