Oct. 26, 2021

Project Announcement: Audit of DoD Grants and Cooperative Agreements With Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act Obligations (Project No. D2022-D000AT-0029.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in October 2022. The objective of this audit is to determine whether the DoD obligated Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding to grants and cooperative agreements for appropriate expenses incurred in preventing, preparing for, or responding to coronavirus disease–2019. We may revise the objective as the audit proceeds, and we will also consider suggestions from management for additional or revised objectives.

Oct. 25, 2021

Project Announcement: Audit of the Department of Defense’s Management of Dwell Time for Service Members in the Reserve Components (Project No. D2022-D000RM-0027.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in October 2021. The objective of this audit is to determine whether Service members in Reserve Components, mobilized in support of DoD’s global mission requirements, received sufficient dwell periods to recuperate and retrain in accordance with DoD and Service-level policies. We may revise the objective as the audit proceeds, and we will also consider suggestions from management for additional or revised objectives.

Oct. 21, 2021

Review of the Selection Process and Administrative Leave of the Former National Security Agency General Counsel (DODIG-2022-002)

This report presents the results of the DoD Office of Inspector General (OIG) review of the selection of Mr. Michael J. Ellis, then-Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Intelligence Programs, National Security Council (NSC), for the civil service position of the National Security Agency (NSA) General Counsel (GC). Specifically, our review examined the process to select Mr. Ellis as the NSA GC and the placement of Mr. Ellis on administrative leave pending an NSA inquiry into alleged security incidents involving Mr. Ellis by General (GEN) Paul M. Nakasone, U.S. Army, U.S. Cyber Command, Commander, and NSA Director.

Oct. 21, 2021

Evaluation of the Department of Defense’s Implementation of Oversight Provisions of Privatized Military Housing (DODIG-2022-004)

Publicly Released: October 25, 2021

The objective of this evaluation was to determine whether the DoD is providing effective oversight of privatized military housing. Our evaluation focused on whether the DoD implemented the oversight provisions of the FY 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Military Housing Privatization Initiative (MHPI). Our finding captures the status of the DoD’s implementation of the oversight provisions of the FY 2020 NDAA through February 2021.

Oct. 20, 2021

Project Announcement: Followup Audit of Screening and Access Controls for General Public Tenants Leasing Housing on Military Installations (Project No. D2021-D000RL-0149.000)

We plan to begin the subject followup audit in September 2021. The objective of this followup audit is to determine whether actions that the Military Departments implemented in response to Report No. DODIG-2019-061, “Audit of the DoD’s Implementation of Recommendations on Screening and Access Controls for General Public Tenants Leasing Housing on Military Installations,” March 7, 2019, improved controls over the Military Housing Privatization Initiative program’s screening and access-related procedures for general public tenants.

Oct. 18, 2021

Project Announcement: The Evaluation of the DoD’s management of Traumatic Brain Injury (Project No. D2022-DEV000-0020.000)

We plan to begin the subject evaluation in October 2021. The objective of this evaluation is to determine the extent to which the Defense Health Agency (DHA) and Military Service medical departments implemented policies and procedures, and provided oversight, to ensure that Service members who sustained a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) were identified and screened to determine their appropriate level of care. In addition, we will determine the extent to which the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) Service Components screened, identified, and documented signs and symptoms of TBIs. We may revise the objective as the evaluation proceeds, and we will consider suggestions from management for additional or revised objectives.

Oct. 15, 2021

Management Advisory: Internal Control Weaknesses in the Global Combat Support System-Army and the Army Enterprise System Integration Program (Report No. DODIG-2022-003)

Publicly Released: October 19, 2021

We prepared this management advisory in accordance with the Council of Inspectors General for Integrity and Efficiency’s Quality Standards for Federal Offices of Inspector General, which require that we conduct our work with integrity, objectivity, and independence. The purpose of this memorandum is to advise Army officials responsible for the accountability and reporting of government-furnished property (GFP) of the internal control weaknesses we identified during fieldwork conducted in Kuwait for the Audit of U.S. Army Base Operations and Security Support Services Contract Government-Furnished Property in Kuwait.

Oct. 13, 2021

External Peer Review Report

This required external peer review was conducted in accordance with the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) Inspection and Evaluation Committee guidance as contained in the CIGIE Guide for Conducting Peer Reviews of Inspection and Evaluation Organizations of Federal Offices of Inspector General (Blue Book).

Oct. 12, 2021

Project Announcement: Evaluation of DoD Voting Assistance Programs for Calendar Year 2021 (Project No. D2022-DEV0PA-0015.000)

We plan to begin the subject evaluation immediately. We will conduct this evaluation in accordance with section 1566, title 10, United States Code (2014), as amended, which requires the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) to report annually to Congress, no later than March 31 each year.

Oct. 5, 2021

Department of Defense Education Activity Grant Oversight (DODIG-2022-001)

Publicly Released: October 7, 2021

The objective of this audit was to determine whether the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) was verifying that grantees met the terms and conditions of grants. We also determined whether DoDEA was verifying that grantees met the grant interim goals.