June 28, 2018

Project Announcement: Audit of the B61-12 Tail Kit Assembly Program (Project No. D2018-D000AU-0176.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in June 2018. Our objective is to determine whether the Air Force is developing the B61-12 Tail Kit Assembly within cost, schedule, and performance requirements.

June 25, 2018

Project Announcement: Audit of the Security Controls Over the Air Force Satellite Control Network (Project No. D2018-D000CT-0159.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in June 2018. Our objective is to determine whether the Air Force Space Command implemented security controls to protect the Air Force Satellite Control Network against potential cyber attacks.

June 25, 2018

Procurement Quantities of the AH-64E Apache New Build and Remanufacture Helicopter Programs DODIG-2018-130

We determined whether the Army justified procurement quantities for the AH-64E Apache new build and remanufacture helicopter programs.

June 25, 2018

Project Announcement: Summary Audit of Systemic Weaknesses in the Cost of War Reports (Project No. D2018-D000RM-0164.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in June 2018. Our objective is to summarize systemic weaknesses in DoD's accounting for costs associated with ongoing contingencies identified in Cost of War audit reports issued between 2016 and 2018.

June 25, 2018

Project Announcement: Audit of the National Maintenance Strategy Contract in Afghanistan (Project No. D2018-D000RG-0170.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in June 2018. Our objective is to determine whether the Army developed the National Maintenance Strategy-Ground Vehicle Systems contract requirements to meet user needs to maintain and sustain the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces' vehicles.

June 22, 2018

Project Announcement: Audit of the Protection of DoD Information Maintained on Contractor Systems and Networks (Project No. D2018-D000CR-0171.000)

We plan to begin the audit in June 2018. We are announcing this audit in response to a request from the Secretary of Defense. Our objective is to determine whether DoD contractors have security controls in place to protect the DoD controlled unclassified information maintained on their systems and networks from internal and external cyber threats.

June 21, 2018

Hotline Allegation Regarding the Actions of a Defense Contract Management Agency Contracting Officer on a Subcontractor’s Termination Settlement Proposal DODIG-2018-128

We evaluated a Defense Hotline allegation that a Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) termination contracting officer (hereafter referred to as “DCMA Contracting Officer”) failed to comply with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and the contract terms when she did not uphold any of the Defense Contract Audit Agency’s (DCAA) questioned costs of $825,910 identified in the DCAA audit of an Air Force subcontractor’s termination settlement proposal of $1,860,001.

June 20, 2018

Department of the Navy Civilian Pay Budget Process DODIG-2018-129

We determined whether Department of the Navy (DON) budget officials adequately supported and justified the civilian full-time equivalents (FTEs) and pay requirements in the Navy and Marine Corps FY 2017 Budget Estimate Submissions.

June 20, 2018

Project Announcement: External Peer Review of the Defense Contract Management Agency, Office of Internal Audit and Inspector General (Project No. D2018-DAPOIA-0172.000)

Our objective is to determine whether the quality control system for the audit function of the Defense Contract Management Agency is designed to provide reasonable assurance that the policies and procedures related to the system of audit quality are suitably designed, operating effectively, and complied with in practice.

June 18, 2018

Project Announcement: Reannouncement of the Audit of the DoD's Implementation of Cybersecurity Controls for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems as the Audit of DoD's Management of Cybersecurity Risks for Purchasing Commercial Items (Project No. D2018-D000CR-0113.000)

We are reannouncing the subject audit, announced March 5, 2018, to inform you of changes to our objective. The reannounced audit objective is to determine whether the DoD is assessing and mitigating cybersecurity risks when purchasing and using select commercial items.