April 24, 2023

Project Announcement: Audit of Air Force Defective Parts and Contractor Restitution (Project No. D2023D000AX-0112.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we plan to begin the subject audit in April 2023. The objective of this audit is to determine whether the Air Force has effective controls and procedures to identify and remove from the DoD supply chain defective spare parts provided by contractors and to obtain restitution from the contractors that provided the defective spare parts. We may revise the objective as the audit proceeds, and we will also consider suggestions from management for additional or revised objectives. We plan to perform the audit in accordance with the Government Accountability Office’s generally accepted government auditing standards.

April 18, 2023

Project Announcement: Audit of DoD Actions to Implement Software Assurance Countermeasures Throughout the Weapon System Acquisition Life Cycle (D2023-D000CS-0097.000)

The objective of this audit is to determine whether DoD program management offices are implementing software assurance countermeasures to mitigate software vulnerabilities throughout the weapon system acquisition life cycle.

April 17, 2023

Project Announcement: DoD OIG Assistance with OPM’s Attestation of the Agreed Upon Procedures for Reviewing FY 2023 Civilian Payroll Withholding Data and Enrollment Information (Project No. D2023-D000FE-0092.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we plan to begin the subject agreed-upon procedures in April 2023. The Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 22-01, “Audit Requirements for Federal Financial Statements,” August 26, 2022, requires that we perform certain agreed-upon procedures on DoD payroll and personnel files.

March 27, 2023

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the Sustainment Strategies for Selected Air Defense Systems Transferred to the Government of Ukraine (Project No. D2023-DEV0PC-0096.000)

The objective of this evaluation is to determine the extent to which the DoD has developed and implemented sustainment strategies in support of selected U.S. air defense systems transferred to the Government of Ukraine, in accordance with each system’s operational requirements.

March 27, 2023

Project Announcement: External Peer Review of Army Audit Agency Special Access Program Audits (Project No. D2023-DEV0SO-0095.000)

The objective is to determine, for the 3-year period ended December 31, 2022, whether the quality control system for Army Audit Agency Special Access Program audits was suitably designed and complied with to provide reasonable assurance that the Agency was performing and reporting in conformity with the Government Auditing Standards and applicable legal and regulatory requirements in all material respects.

March 27, 2023

Project Announcement: External Peer Review of Air Force Audit Agency Special Access Program Audits (Project No. D2023-DEV0SO-0098.000)

The objective is to determine, for the 3-year period ended December 31, 2022, whether the quality control system for Air Force Audit Agency Special Access Program audits was suitably designed and complied with to provide reasonable assurance that the Agency was performing and reporting in conformity with the Government Auditing Standards and applicable legal and regulatory requirements in all material respects.

March 6, 2023

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the Air Force’s Actions to Sustain the Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (D2023-DEVOSN-0081.000)

The objective of this evaluation is to determine whether the Air Force has reasonable plans in place to sustain the Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) until the deployment of its replacement, the Sentinel ICBM.

March 6, 2023

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the DoD Senior Service Colleges’ Response to Allegations of Harassment (D2023-DEV0PG-0074.000)

The objective of this evaluation is to determine the extent to which the DoD’s senior service colleges respond to allegations of harassment in accordance with DoD policy.

March 6, 2023

Project Announcement: Termination of the Audit of the DoD’s Implementation of the DoD Digital Modernization Strategy (D2022-D000CT-0030.000)

The objective was to determine the DoD’s progress in implementing the actions planned to achieve the goals of the DoD Digital Modernization Strategy.

Feb. 27, 2023

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the Control and Accountability of DoD Biometric Data Collection Technologies (Project No. D2023-DEV0PD-0080.000)

The objective of this evaluation is to determine the extent to which the DoD has ensured adequate control and accountability over technologies used to collect, store, and transmit biometric data to higher-level databases in overseas contingency operations.