The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you of our ongoing efforts to review selected DoD transactions to test internal controls and identify fraud, waste, and abuse within DoD programs. The OIG originally announced this project in FY 2024. To ensure that current leadership is aware of these efforts we are reannouncing the project for FY 2026. Under the Inspector General Act of 1978, 5 U.S.C. §§ 401-424, as amended, we periodically review DoD transactions, such as health care payments and Government purchase card payments, to identify transactions that have indicators of fraud, waste, or abuse. We access various automated information systems and databases to gather and analyze this data and use it to make the appropriate follow-on inquiries. As a result of this work, we may initiate an audit or evaluation, make investigative referrals, or issue management advisories and other products depending on the nature of the issues that come to our attention.
We may contact senior officials and managers at various offices within the DoD to obtain additional information related to our work and we may identify locations to visit
.The Inspector General Act of 1978, 5 U.S.C. §§ 401-424, as amended, authorizes us to have access to personnel and materials as we determine necessary to perform our oversight in a timely manner. You can obtain information about the DoD Office of Inspector General from DoD Directive 5106.01, “Inspector General of the Department of Defense (IG DoD),” April 20, 2012, as amended, and DoD Instruction 7050.03, “DoD Office of Inspector General Access to Records and Information,” November 13, 2024. Our website is www.dodig.mil.