Jan. 28, 2014

Followup Audit: Body Armor First Article Testing Standardized DoD-Wide

Our objective was to determine whether the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, coordinated with the Military Services, U.S. Special Operations Command, and Defense agencies to develop the standardized, first article testing procedures for body armor ballistic inserts as agreed to in Recommendation B of DoD IG Report No. D-2009-047, “DoD Testing Requirements for Body Armor,” dated January 29, 2009. Additionally, we determined whether the Military Services, U.S. Special Operations Command, and Defense agencies implemented the procedures to mitigate body armor testing inconsistencies.

Jan. 27, 2014

Defense Logistics Agency Effectively Managed Continental U.S. Mission-Critical Batteries

We determined whether the Defense Logistics Agency effectively fulfilled warfighter requirements for batteries designated mission-critical by military services. Specifically, we determined whether Defense Logistics Agency met the 4-day continental U.S. time definite delivery standard for fiscal year 2012 mission-critical battery requisitions. The DoD Supply Chain Materiel Management Regulation notes that the time definite delivery concept represents 85 percent of the total time that the wholesale supply system is capable of delivering the required materiel to its customers.

Jan. 13, 2014

Navy Needs to Improve Contract Oversight of Its Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness Program Contracts

The objective of the audit was to determine whether the Navy is performing effective oversight of the contracts for its Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness Program.