The objective of this audit was to determine whether public financial disclosure reports of senior DoD officials were submitted and reviewed in a timely manner. We also determined whether DoD ethics officials took appropriate action to identify and address potential conflicts of interest in public financial disclosure reports in accordance with applicable laws and policies. On October 10, 2024, we issued “Management Advisory: Audit of Timeliness of Public Financial Disclosure Reports of Senior DoD Officials” (Report No. DODIG-2025-003), which addressed the first portion of our objective. This report focuses on the actions of DoD ethics officials to identify and address potential conflicts of interest.
DoD ethics officials took appropriate actions to identify and address potential conflicts of interest that senior DoD officials reported from January 1, 2022, through July 31, 2023. Of the 950 senior DoD officials reviewed, 349 (36.7 percent) reported financial interests related to one of the top 100 DoD contractors.