The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) announced today that it released the “Evaluation of Incurred Cost Audits Performed by Non-Federal Auditors for Compliance with Government Auditing Standards.” “Government Auditing Standards are crucial because they ensure the integrity, accountability, and transparency of Government operations,” said IG Storch.

The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) announced today that it released the “Audit of the DoD Government Travel Charge Card Program: The Visa IntelliLink Compliance Management System.” The DoD OIG found that the DoD’s Government Travel Charge Card (GTCC) program officials did not effectively use policies, procedures, or the Visa IntelliLink Compliance Management data mining system (VICM system) to identify misuse, abuse, or potential fraud. The Defense Travel Management Office’s (DTMO) implementation and management of the VICM system limited the system’s effectiveness in identifying and assisting reviewers in investigating high-risk GTCC transactions where misuse, abuse, and fraud were more likely.

The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) announced today that it released the “Audit of the Army’s Management of Undefinitized Contract Actions Awarded to Provide Ukraine Assistance.”

Inspector General Robert P. Storch announced today that the Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released the “Review of the Responsibilities and Actions Related to the Secretary of Defense’s Hospitalizations and the DoD’s Policies and Procedures for Notification and Transfer of Functions and Duties.”

Inspector General Robert P. Storch announced today that the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) released the “Audit of the DoD’s Process for Authorizing Third-Party Organizations to Perform Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 Assessments.”

We conducted this investigation in response to a reprisal complaint alleging that Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), Minneapolis, Minnesota, directed its subcontractor to remove the Complainant from the Honeywell defense contract in reprisal for making protected disclosures to Honeywell officials concerning political and racist comments, neglected security duties, falsified time, and illegal drug activity.

This management advisory provides recommendations related to the DoD Office of Inspector General’s review of the DoD’s compliance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA), which we announced on December 11, 2023 (Project No. D2024 D000CP 0043.000). However, the results in this management advisory do not fully represent all the requirements for each metric or the DoD’s overall FISMA rating.

The objective of this audit is to determine whether DoD contracting officials awarded lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) contracts in accordance with Federal laws and DoD policies and regulations.

JIMMIE MATHEWS, 41, NATHAN MATHEWS, 42, and AMBER DELGER, 55, all of the Lawton area, have been sentenced for their roles in a conspiracy to commit health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.

A Mt. Airy, Maryland, man pled guilty to conspiring to bribe a U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) official, wire fraud in connection with an Economic Injury Disaster Loan, and possession of a machine gun with an obliterated serial number.

Two operators of a New Jersey marketing company were sentenced to prison for their roles in conspiracies to commit health care fraud and to pay and receive illegal kickbacks, United States Attorney Alina Habba announced.