April 27, 2020

Special Report on Protecting Patient Health Information During the COVID‑19 Pandemic (DODIG-2020-080)

Publicly Released: April 27, 2020

The DoD Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) recognizes that MTFs are seeing and treating patients at increasing rates. The DoD OIG is providing this document to share lessons learned and best practices that we identified during our previous work related to the security and protection of PHI at MTFs.

April 27, 2020

Project Announcement: Audit of ENCORE III Information Technology Service Task Orders (Project No. D2020-D000CT-0120.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in April 2020. The objective of this audit is to determine whether DoD Components administered task orders issued under the Defense Information Systems Agency’s ENCORE III information technology service contract in accordance with Federal and DoD requirements.

April 27, 2020

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the Security of Department of Defense Electronic Voting for the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (Project No. D2020-DEV0PA-0111.000)

We plan to begin the subject evaluation immediately. The objective is to determine whether Department of Defense electronic voting methods effectively identify, authenticate, record, and safeguard the votes of individuals covered by the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA).

April 23, 2020

Project Announcement: Audit of Controls Over Costs for Health Care Claims for Services Related to COVID-19 (Project No. D2020-D000AW-0117.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in April 2020. The objective of this audit is to determine whether the Defense Health Agency effectively controlled costs for health care claims related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

April 23, 2020

Project Announcement: Audit of Entitlements and Allowances for Mobilized Reserve Component Members (Project No. D2020-D000RG-0116.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in April 2020. The objective of this audit is to determine whether the DoD Reserve Components mobilization process ensures that entitlements and allowances are accurately identified and processed prior to Reserve Component members’ mobilization.

April 20, 2020

Project Announcement: Audit of Accounting Corrections on the Standard Form 1081 (Project No. D2020-D000FP-0112.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in April 2020. The objective of this audit is to determine whether the DoD properly used the Standard Form 1081, “Voucher and Schedule of Withdrawals and Credits,” to correct accounting errors. In addition, we will determine whether the DoD identified and reported improper payments resulting from the accounting errors.

April 13, 2020

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the U.S. Navy’s P-8 Aircraft Readiness to Meet the U.S. European Command’s Anti-Submarine Warfare Requirements (Project No. D2020-DEV0PC-0094.000)

We plan to begin the subject evaluation in April 2020. The objective is to determine whether the readiness of U.S. Navy's P-8 Poseidon aircraft fleet meets the anti-submarine warfare requirements of the U.S. European Command.

April 13, 2020

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the Navy’s Airborne Support to the Survivable Nuclear Command and Control System (Project No. D2020-DEV0SN-0105.000)

We plan to begin the subject evaluation in April 2020. Our objective is to determine the extent that the Navy’s airborne support to the survivable nuclear command and control system is meeting the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Operation Order 2-18 and U.S. Strategic Command Operational Plan 801X requirements.

April 13, 2020

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the Ground Test and Evaluation Infrastructure Supporting Hypersonic Capabilities (Project No. D2020-DEV0SN-0106.000)

We plan to begin the subject evaluation in April 2020. Our objective is to determine whether the DoD has sufficient ground test and evaluation facilities with the capability and capacity to support environmental testing for DoD's planned hypersonic weapon systems.

April 6, 2020

Audit of Physical Security Controls at Department of Defense Medical Treatment Facilities (DODIG-2020-078)

Publicly Released: April 8, 2020

The objective of this audit was to determine whether DoD medical treatment facilities (MTFs) implemented physical security controls to prevent unauthorized access to facilities, equipment, and sensitive areas.