April 20, 2026

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the Military Services’ Implementation of Joint Interagency Task Force 401 Policy and Guidance to Defeat Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Project No. D2026-DEV0SR-0085.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that the DoW* Office of Inspector General is initiating the subject evaluation in April 2026.

April 15, 2026

Project Announcement: Audit of the DoW’s Implementation of the Cost Openness and Spending Transparency Act Requirements (Project No. D2026-D000AH-0080.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that the DoW Office of Inspector General is initiating the subject audit in response to a congressional request.* The objective of this audit is to assess the effectiveness of the DoW policies and procedures for ensuring that DoW funding recipients are compliant with the reporting requirements of the Cost Openness and Spending Transparency (COST) Act.

April 13, 2026

Project Announcement: Evaluation of Frustrated Air Cargo Supply and Transportation Discrepancy Reporting at Aerial Ports of Embarkation Intended for the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s Area of Responsibility (Project No. D2026-DEV0PC-0071.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that the DoW Office of Inspector General is initiating the subject evaluation. The objective of this evaluation is to determine the extent to which DoW Components are reporting on and resolving in a timely manner frustrated air cargo at major aerial ports supporting the U.S. Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

April 13, 2026

Project Announcement: External Peer Review of the Air Force Audit Agency Special Access Program Projects (Project No. D2026-DEV0SO-0072.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that the DoW Office of Inspector General is initiating the subject external peer review.* The Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, requires us to conduct, or approve arrangements for the conduct of, external peer reviews of Department Components in accordance with Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS).

April 13, 2026

Project Announcement: External Peer Review of the Army Audit Agency Special Access Program Projects (Project No. D2026-DEV0SO-0073.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that the DoW Office of Inspector General is initiating the subject external peer review.* The Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, requires us to conduct, or approve arrangements for the conduct of, external peer reviews of Department Components in accordance with Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS).

April 13, 2026

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the Department of War’s Use of U.S. Airspace and Adherence to Aviation Safety Protocols (Project No. D2026-DEV0PD-0076.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that the Department of War (DoW) Office of Inspector General is initiating the subject evaluation in response to a congressional request submitted by the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs

April 7, 2026

Project Announcement: Audit of the Processing and Execution of Aeromedical Patient Movements from the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Area of Responsibility

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that the DoW Office of Inspector General is initiating the subject audit.* The objective of this audit is to determine the extent to which U.S. Transportation Command and Air Force personnel processed and executed U.S. Indo-Pacific Command aeromedical patient movements in compliance with DoW and Air Force guidance.

March 18, 2026

Project Announcement: Audit of Access to DoD Cloud Computing Environments by Contractors Located in Countries of Concern (Project No. D2026-D000CT-0069.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we are initiating the subject audit in March 2026. We are conducting this audit in response to a legislative requirement in Public Law No. 119-60, “The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026,” December 18, 2025, and the accompanying Joint Explanatory Statement.

March 16, 2026

Project Announcement: Audit of the DoD’s Corrosion Prevention and Control Program for Naval Vessels in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Area of Responsibility (Project No. D2026-D000AH-0068.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we are initiating the subject audit. The objective of this audit is to assess whether the Navy’s U.S. Seventh Fleet effectively implemented a corrosion prevention and control strategy to mitigate corrosion of its vessels within the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility.

March 6, 2026

Project Announcement: Termination of the Oversight of the FY 2026 Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) System and Organization Controls 1 Examination of Service Owned Items in DLA Custody (Project No. D2026-D000FE-0018.000)

We announced the subject oversight project on November 24, 2025. The objective was to provide contract oversight of the Ernst & Young LLP (EY) attestation examination and determine whether EY complied with the contract and applicable attestation and generally accepted government auditing standards.