Oct. 1, 2020

FY 2021 Comprehensive Oversight Plan for Overseas Contingency Operations

This Fiscal Year 2021 (FY 2021) Comprehensive Oversight Plan for Overseas Contingency Operations (COP–OCO) is the sixth annual joint strategic oversight plan submitted to Congress by the Lead Inspector General for Overseas Contingency Operations (Lead IG). This report describes the Lead IG and partner agencies’ oversight of U.S. activities in support of the ongoing overseas contingency operations.

Sept. 8, 2020

Project Announcement: Audit of the DoD Foreign Military Sales Acquisition Process (Project No. D2020-D000AX-0174.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in September 2020. This audit is in response to a Congressional reporting requirement contained in House Report 115-676, to accompany the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019. Our objective is to determine whether the DoD managed the acquisition of defense articles and services to meet partner country foreign military sales requirements, and whether the metrics used by DoD components maximize the results of the foreign military sales acquisition process. We will consider suggestions from management on additional or revised objectives.

Aug. 28, 2020

Lead Inspector General for East Africa And North And West Africa Counterterrorism Operations I Quarterly Report to the United States Congress | April 1, 2020 - June 30, 2020

Publicly Released: September 1, 2020

This Lead Inspector General (Lead IG) report to the United States Congress on the East Africa Counterterrorism Operation and the North and West Africa Counterterrorism Operation is the 8th quarterly report detailing both operations. The purpose of these operations is to degrade al-Qaeda and ISIS affiliates, and other violent extremist organizations (VEO), in designated regions of East and North Africa, and contain them in designated regions of West Africa. This report covers the period from April 1, 2020, through to June 30, 2020.

Aug. 27, 2020

Evaluation of Department of Defense Enhanced End-Use Monitoring for Equipment Transferred to the Government of Ukraine (DODIG-2020-121)

Publicly Released: August 31, 2020

The objective of this evaluation was to determine whether the DoD’s transfer to the Government of Ukraine of military equipment requiring enhanced end-use monitoring (EEUM), including Javelin missiles, Javelin Command Launch Units, and night vision devices (NVDs), was in accordance with law and DoD guidance; and Ukraine’s security and accountability of U.S.-provided military equipment requiring EEUM met the criteria prescribed by law and regulation.

Aug. 24, 2020

Project Announcement: Audit of the DoD’s Management of Global Train and Equip Program Resources Provided to U.S Africa Command Partner Nations (Project No. D2020-D000RJ-0172.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in August 2020. The objective of this audit is to determine whether the DoD properly transferred Global Train and Equip program (GTE) equipment to U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM) partner nations and adequately monitored to ensure the transferred equipment was used in accordance with U.S. law, DoD regulations, and transfer agreement terms and conditions.

Aug. 17, 2020

Audit of Department of Defense Use of Security Assistance Funds and Asset Accountability (DODIG-2020-114)

Publicly Released: August 19, 2020
We determined whether the DoD Components recovered their costs for executing security assistance programs and distinguished their assets from those of the security assistance programs.

Aug. 14, 2020

Lead Inspector General for Operation Freedom’s Sentinel I Quarterly Report to the United States Congress I April 1, 2020 - June 30, 2020

Publicly Released: August 18, 2020

This Lead Inspector General (Lead IG) report to the United States Congress on Operation Freedom’s Sentinel (OFS) is the 21st quarterly report detailing the overseas contingency operation. The report summarizes significant events involving OFS and describes completed, ongoing, and planned Lead IG and partner agency oversight work. This report covers the period from April 1, 2020, through June 30, 2020.

Aug. 7, 2020

Lead Inspector General for Operation Pacific Eagle-Philippines I Quarterly Report to the United States Congress I April 1, 2020 - June 30, 2020

Publicly Released: August 11, 2020 This Lead Inspector General (Lead IG) report to the United States Congress is the 11th quarterly report on Operation Pacific Eagle–Philippines (OPE-P), the overseas contingency operation to support the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) fight against ISIS–East Asia (ISIS-EA) and other terrorist organizations. This report summarizes significant events related to this operation and describes ongoing and planned Lead IG and partner agency oversight work, and covers the period from April 1 through June 30, 2020.

July 31, 2020

Lead Inspector General for Operation Inherent Resolve Quarterly Report to the United States Congress | April 1, 2020 – June 30, 2020

Publicly Released: August 4, 2020 This is the 22th Lead Inspector General (Lead IG) report to the United States Congress on Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), the overseas contingency operation (OCO) to combat the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The report covers the period April 1, 2020–June 30, 2020, and summarizes the quarter’s key events and describes completed, ongoing, and planned Lead IG and partner agency oversight work related to OIR.

July 16, 2020

Lead Inspector General for East Africa And North And West Africa Counterterrorism Operations I Quarterly Report to the United States Congress | January 1, 2020 - March 31, 2020

This Lead Inspector General (Lead IG) report to the United States Congress on the East Africa Counterterrorism Operation and the North and West Africa Counterterrorism Operation is the 7th quarterly report detailing both operations. The purpose of these operations is to degrade al Qaeda and ISIS affiliates, and other terrorist groups, in designated regions of Africa. This report covers the period from January 1, 2020, through to March 31, 2020.