April 23, 2025

WHISTLEBLOWER REPRISAL INVESTIGATION HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA (Report No. DODIG-2025-087)

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.

April 21, 2025

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the DoD’s Development and Implementation of Quantum Technologies (Project No. D2025-DEV0SI-0100.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we are initiating the subject evaluation. The objective of this evaluation is to determine the extent to which the DoD complied with section 234 of the FY 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), “Defense Quantum Information Science and Technology Research and Development Program,” as amended by section 214 of the FY 2021 NDAA

April 16, 2025

Management Advisory: The DoD’s FY 2024 Compliance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (Report No. DODIG-2025-086)

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.

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 14, 2025

Project Announcement: Follow-up Evaluation of Longstanding Healthcare-Related Recommendations (Project No. D2025-DEV0HD-0101.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we plan to begin the subject follow-up evaluation in April 2025. The objective of this follow-up evaluation is to assess the extent to which the DoD has taken actions to implement longstanding healthcare-related recommendations issued by the DoD Office of Inspector General.

April 14, 2025

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the Navy’s Future Sailor Preparatory Course (Project No. D2025-DEV0HA-0089.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we are initiating the subject evaluation. The objective of this evaluation is to determine whether the U.S. Navy’s Future Sailor Preparatory Course effectively prepared participants to meet or exceed minimum DoD enlistment standards.

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 10, 2025

Audit of Department of Defense Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Contract Awards (Report No. DODIG-2025-083)

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.

April 7, 2025

Project Announcement: Summary External Peer Review of the Naval Audit Service (Project No. D2025-DEV0SO-0096.000)

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