July 31, 2020

Special Report: Lessons Learned for Department of Defense Acquisition Officials During Acquisition Reform (DODIG-2020-109)

Publicly Released: August 4, 2020

This special report provides lessons learned identified in audit reports related to the Department of Defense acquisition process. From 2014 through April 2020, the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General conducted 36 audits related to acquisitions.

July 27, 2020

Project Announcement: Research on DoD Law Enforcement Organizations’ Responses to Active Shooter and Workplace Violence Incidents (Project No. D2020-DEV0SV-0154.000)

The Office of Inspector General is researching the DoD law enforcement organizations’ response to active shooter and workplace violence incidents. This research project will collect policy and guidance documents, training documents, response plans, and a list of previous active shooter and workplace violence investigations from USD (I&S), each of the military service’s law enforcement organizations, and military criminal investigative organizations to further define the scope of a potential future evaluation.

July 27, 2020

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the Armed Forces Retirement Home Response to the Coronavirus Disease–2019 Pandemic (Project No. D2020-DEV0PC-0158.000)

We plan to begin the subject evaluation in August 2020. The objective of this evaluation is to determine whether the Armed Forces Retirement Home protected the residents, staff, and medical professionals from coronavirus disease–2019 exposure in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, State, and local health and safety guidance. We may revise the objective as the evaluation proceeds, and we will consider suggestions from management for additional or revised objectives.

July 22, 2020

Evaluation of Security Controls for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Supply Chains (DODIG-2020-106)

The report is classified.  To file a Freedom of Information Act Request, please submit a request to FOIA Online.

July 20, 2020

Project Announcement: Quality Control Review of a Single Audit of Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine's Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2019 (Project No. D2020-DEV0SO-0156.000)

We will be performing a quality control review on the single audit of the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine’s fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, under Project No. D2020-DEV0SO-0156.000. The single audit is required by Title 2 Code of Federal Regulations Part 200, “Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards” (Uniform Guidance). The purpose of our review is to determine whether the audit work was performed in accordance with Federal requirements and applicable auditing standards.

July 20, 2020

Project Announcement: Evaluation of Traumatic Brain Injury Screening in the U.S. Central Command Area of Responsibility (Project No. D2020-DEV0PD-0121.000)

We plan to begin the subject evaluation in July 2020. The objective of this evaluation is to determine whether U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) screened, documented, and tracked DoD service members suspected of sustaining a Traumatic Brain Injury to determine whether a return to duty status for current operations was acceptable or evacuation and additional care was required. We may revise the objective as the evaluation proceeds, and we will consider suggestions from management for additional or revised objectives.

July 16, 2020

Followup Evaluation of Report DODIG-2016-078, Evaluation of the Department of Defense’s Biological Select Agents and Toxins Biosafety and Biosecurity Program Implementation (DODIG-2020-105)

Publicly Released: July 20, 2020

The objective of this followup evaluation was to validate implementation of recommendations from report DODIG 2016 078, “Evaluation of DoD Biological Safety and Security Implementation,” April 27, 2016.

July 13, 2020

Project Announcement: Audit of the Department of Defense Management of Depot-Level Reparables for Major-End Items (Project No. D2020-D000RK-0157.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in July 2020. The objective of this audit is to determine whether the Military Services manage depot-level reparables to meet DoD requirements for maintaining authorized stock levels and to meet program readiness levels. We may revise the objective as the audit proceeds, and we will also consider suggestions from management for additional or revised objectives.

July 10, 2020

Audit of Combined Security Transition Command–Afghanistan’s Implementation of the Core Inventory Management System Within the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (DODIG-2020-104)

Publicly Released: July 14, 2020

The objective of this audit was to determine whether Combined Security Transition Command– Afghanistan’s (CSTC A) implementation of the Core Inventory Management System (CoreIMS) has improved weapon and vehicle accountability in Afghanistan since 2016. Our audit focused on Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) weapon and vehicle records maintained in CoreIMS from August 2016 through August 2019.

July 9, 2020

Audit of Purchases of Ammonium Perchlorate Through Subcontracts With a Single Department of Defense-Approved Domestic Supplier (DODIG-2020-095)

Publicly Released: July 13, 2020

The objective of this audit was to determine whether DoD subcontractors properly evaluated the commercial item determination and whether DoD contracting officers properly evaluated fair and reasonable pricing determinations for ammonium perchlorate.