May 5, 2025

Evaluation of the DoD’s and Military Departments’ Policies Regarding Responses to Allegations of Abuse at Child Development Centers (Report No. DODIG‑2025‑094)

The objective of this evaluation was to assess the effectiveness with which the DoD and Military Departments developed policies and procedures for identifying and reporting allegations of child abuse at military‑operated child development centers (CDCs). This is the first of two evaluations on CDCs. A subsequent evaluation will focus on the DoD’s and Military Departments’ implementation of policies to verify that child abuse allegations were appropriately addressed at select CDCs.

May 2, 2025

Evaluation of the DoD’s Capabilities to Effectively Carry out Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore Operations and Exercises (Report No. DODIG-2025-091)

The objective of this evaluation was to assess the DoD’s capabilities to effectively carry out joint logistics over the shore (JLOTS) operations and exercises.

May 1, 2025

Management Advisory: Review of the Army’s Future Soldier Preparatory Course (Report No. DODIG-2025-092)

This final management advisory identifies concerns found during the DoD Office of Inspector General’s (DoD OIG) review of the Army’s Future Soldier Preparatory Course (FSPC). We conducted this review from April 2024 through March 2025 in accordance with the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency’s Quality Standards for Federal Offices of Inspector General. The objective of our review was to assess the effectiveness of the Army’s FSPC and its impact on increasing enlistments.

April 15, 2025

Evaluation of the U.S. Navy’s Efforts to Prevent and Respond to Incidents of Deaths by Suicide, Suicide Attempts, and Suicidal Ideation (Report No. DODIG-2025-085)

We assessed and summarized the Navy’s efforts to prevent and respond to suicide related incidents on six specific topics, as required by section 599A of the FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

April 11, 2025

Evaluation of DoD Roles and Processes Leading up to the July 2023 Basing Decision for the U.S. Space Command (Report No. DODIG-2025-084)

The objective of this evaluation was to determine the roles and processes of DoD leadership prior to the decision to base the U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM) headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

April 4, 2025

Management Advisory: Air Force Actions to Identify and Respond to Harassment of Service Members (Report No. DODIG-2025-082)

This final management advisory identifies observations made during the DoD Office of Inspector General’s (DoD OIG) “Evaluation of the Air Force’s Actions to Identify and Respond to Harassment of Service Members.” We previously provided copies of the draft management advisory and requested written comments on the recommendations. We considered management’s comments on the draft management advisory when preparing the final advisory. The management comments are included in this advisory.

April 3, 2025

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the Secretary of Defense's Reported Use of a Commercially Available Messaging Application for Official Business (Project No. D2025-DEVOPC-0095.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we are initiating the subject evaluation. We are conducting this evaluation in response to a March 26, 2025 letter I received from the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, requesting that I conduct an inquiry into recent public reporting on the Secretary of Defense's use of an unclassified commercially available messaging application to discuss information pertaining to military actions in Yemen in March 2025.

March 31, 2025

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the DoD’s Development of Arctic Infrastructure, Communications Capabilities, and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance in Europe (Project No. D2025-DEV0PD-0088.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we plan to begin the subject evaluation in March 2025.

March 18, 2025

Evaluation of DoD Voting Assistance Programs for Calendar Year 2024 ( Report No. DODIG-2025-079 )

The objective of this evaluation was to assess the effectiveness of the Military Services’ voting assistance programs based on 2024 annual reviews by the respective Service Offices of Inspector General (OIGs), and in accordance with section 1566, title 10, United States Code, 2020, as amended.

March 11, 2025

External Peer Review of the Defense Commissary Agency Internal Review Office (Report No. DODIG-2025-077)

This final report provides the results of the DoD Office of Inspector General’s external peer review of the Defense Commissary Agency Internal Review (DeCA IR) Office. We previously provided copies of the draft report and requested written comments on the recommendations. We considered management’s comments on the draft report when preparing the final report. These comments are included in the report.