July 12, 2018

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the Department of Defense and DoD Education Activity Response to Incidents of Serious Student Misconduct on Military Installations (Project No. 2018C011)

In response to requirements in the Senate Armed Services Committee report to accompany the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, the DoD Office of Inspector General will evaluate whether the DoD and DoD Education Activity (DoDEA) have adequate policies and procedures to respond to incidents of serious student misconduct including sexual assault and sexual harassment.

July 10, 2018

Project Announcement: Evaluation of Contracting Officer Actions on Defense Contract Audit Agency Reports that Disclaim an Opinion (Project No. D2018-DAPOCF-0169.000)

The Office of the Assistant Inspector General for Audit Policy and Oversight will begin the subject project in July 2018. Our objective is to determine whether contracting officer actions complied with applicable acquisition regulations in response to findings in Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) reports that disclaim an opinion. DCAA disclaims an opinion when the auditor is unable to obtain suficient documentation on a contractor's proposal taken as a whole. The Attachment shows a listing of DCAA audit reports we have tentatively selected for evaluation.

July 3, 2018

Project Announcement: Audit of DoD Management of Medical Claims Through the Third Party Collection Program (Project No. D2018-D000AX-0174.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in July 2018. Our objective is to determine whether DoD is maximizing collections of medical claims within the Third Party Collection Program. We will consider suggestions from management on additional or revised objectives.

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

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 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.