Nov. 30, 2015

Project Announcement: Assessment of DoD Voting Assistance Programs for Calendar Year 2015

We plan to begin the subject assessment in December 2015. We are conducting this assessment in accordance with our recurring responsibilities under section 1566, title 10, United States Code, as amended.

Nov. 27, 2015

Project Announcement: Followup Audit on DoD IG Report No. DODIG-2014-054, "Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime Paid Too Much for High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle Repair Parts," April 4, 2014 (Project No. D2015-D000XD-0260.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in September 2015. Our objective is to determine whether the Contracting Officer, Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime implemented recommendations B.2.a-b in DoD IG Report No. DODIG-2014-054 as agreed. This is report Followup Audit: DLA Officials Took Appropriate Actions to Address Concerns With Repair Parts for the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle DODIG-2016-083.

Nov. 25, 2015

Project Announcement: Assessment of U.S./Coalition Efforts to Train, Advise, Assist, and Equip the Afghan National Army Special Operations Forces (ANASOF) (Project No. D2016-D00SPO-0054.000)

We plan to begin the subject assessment immediately. We plan to visit or contact organizations and individuals in the continental United States and in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility that are responsible for training, advising, and equipping. This is report Assessment of U.S. and Coalition Efforts to Train, Advise, and Assist Afghan National Army Special Operations Forces (ANASOF) DODIG-2016-140.

Nov. 23, 2015

Project Announcement: Audit of the Navy's Management of Excess Materiel (Project No. D2016-D000RD-0052.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in November 2015. Our objective is to determine whether the Navy is effectively managing excess materiel. Specifically, we will determine whether the Navy is identifying and reporting excess materiel to the wholesale. This is report Management of Excess Material in the Navy's Real-Time Reutilization Asset Management Facilities Needs Improvement DODIG-2017-043.

Nov. 23, 2015

Project Announcement: Audit of the Defense Logistics Agency's Demilitarization Program (Project No.D2016-D000RD-0057.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in November 2015. Our objective is to determine whether the Defense Logistics Agency is effectively controlling and disposing of DoD property through its demilitarization program. This is report Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Needs to Improve Demilitarization Program Self-Assessment Evaluations DODIG-2017-037.

Nov. 23, 2015

Project Announcement: Audit of DoD's Chemical Surety Program (Project No. D2016-D000RF-0053.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in November 2015. Our objective is to determine whether DoD has effective controls over chemical surety materials in the possession or under the control of the Army and DoD contractors. This is report The Army Needs to Improve Controls Over Chemical Surety Materials DODIG-2017-090.

Nov. 19, 2015

Project Announcement: Quality Control Review of the United States Special Operations Command, Office of the Inspector General, Audit Organization (Project No. D2016-DAPOIA-0059.000)

We plan to begin the subject review in December 2015. The Government Auditing Standards require that an audit organization performing government audits have an appropriate internal quality control system and undergo an external quality control review every three years by an organization that is independent ofthe organization being reviewed.

Nov. 17, 2015

Project Announcement: Followup Audit on DoD IG Report No. DODIG-2013-109, "Improved Security Needed to Protect Infrastructure and Systems in the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division," July 29, 2013 (Project No. D2015-D000XD-0261.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in September 2015. Our objective is to determine whether the Commander and District Engineer, Huntington District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in coordination with the Operation Manager for the Dams, implemented Recommendations A. l.b-e and A.2.a-d in DoD IG Report No DODIG-2013-109 as agreed. This is report Followup Audit: Audit Recommendations From Report No. DODIG-2013-109 Were Not Fully Implemented, but Controls Were in Place to Prevent Unauthorized Access to Robert C. Byrd and Greenup Locks and Dams DODIG-2016-089.

Nov. 16, 2015

Project Announcement: Audit of the Air Force Joint Surveillance Target and Attack Radar System(Project No. D2015-D000AH-0263.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in September 2015. Our objective is to determine whether the Air Force made cost effective purchases on the performance-based logistics contract to support the Joint Surveillance Target and Attack Radar System (STARS). This is report The Air Force Needs to Improve Cost-Effectiveness and Availability of the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System DODIG-2017-003.

Nov. 10, 2015

Project Announcement: Audit of DoD FY 2015 Compliance with the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act Requirements (Project No. D2016-D000CJ-0039.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in November 2015. Our objective is to determine whether DoD is in compliance with Public Law No. 107-300, "Improper Payments Information Act of 2002," November 26 , 2002, as amended by Public Law No. 111-204. This is report DoD Met Most Requirements of the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act in FY 2015, but Improper Payment Estimates Were Unreliable DODIG-2016-086.