Sept. 23, 2013

The U.S. Air Force Academy Lacked Effective Controls Over Heritage Assets and Guest House Inventories, and Inappropriately Solicited and Accepted Monetary Gifts

We determined whether the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA), its nonappropriated fund instrumentalities (NAFIs), and its supporting nonprofit organizations were properly accepting, recording, reporting, and disbursing donations, gifts, and nonappropriated funds.

Sept. 19, 2013

Air Force and Army Corps of Engineers ImproperlyManaged the Award of Contracts for the Blue Devil Block 2 Persistent Surveillance System

Our audit objective was to determine whether Army Corps of Engineers and Air Force personnel properly awarded and administered contracts for the acquisition of the Blue Devil Block 2 surveillance system.

Sept. 18, 2013

Appropriate Contracting Processes Used to Satisfy Validated Marine Corps Logistics Prepositioning Requirements

Our audit objective was to determine whether Marine Corps officials used appropriate contracting processes to satisfy mission requirements for prepositioning and logistics support in accordance with Federal and DoD policies.

Sept. 18, 2013

The Department of Defense and Veteran Affairs Health Care Joint Venture at Tripler Army Medical Center Needs More Management Oversight

Our audit objective was to determine whether the Master Sharing Agreement (MSA) and Joint Policies governing claims and reimbursement between Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and DoD for health care services at Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC) were operating effectively.

Sept. 16, 2013

Army Requirement To Acquire Individual Carbine Not Justified

We initiated this audit to determine whether the Army justified its competition to acquire a new Individual Carbine (IC) weapon and whether the Army was implementing an effective acquisition strategy.

Sept. 16, 2013

Navy Commercial Access Control System Did Not Effectively Mitigate Access Control Risks (Redacted)

We determined whether the Navy Commercial Access Control System (NCACS) was mitigating access control risks for Navy installations.

Sept. 13, 2013

Army Needs to Improve Controls and Audit Trails for the General Fund Enterprise Business SystemAcquire-to-Retire Business Process

We performed this audit to determine whether the Army had adequate controls over recording accounting transactions within the Acquire-to-Retire (A2R) business process through the General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS).

Sept. 6, 2013

Improvements Needed at the Defense AdvancedResearch Projects Agency When Evaluating BroadAgency Announcement Proposals

Our objective was to determine whether the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) properly awarded contracts from broad agency announcements (BAAs). Specifically, we reviewed contracts awarded and funded by DARPA from DARPA BAAs published in March 2011 through September 30, 2012.

Aug. 30, 2013

Army Needs To Improve Mi-17 Overhaul Management and Contract Administration (For Official Use Only)

This report has been redacted. To review the report see FOIA reading room.

Aug. 23, 2013

Army Needs Better Processes to Justify and Manage Cost-Reimbursement Contracts

We are required to perform this audit in accordance with the FY 2009 National Defense Authorization Act, section 864, “Regulations on the Use of Cost Reimbursement Contracts.”