Jan. 6, 2020

Project Announcement: Oversight of the Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 18, Examination of the Defense Agencies Initiative System For the Period of October 1, 2019, Through June 30, 2020 (Project No. D2020-D000FE-0061.000)

Our planned oversight will begin immediately. The Director, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) requested a Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 18 (SSAE 18) examination of the Defense Agencies Initiative (DAI) system for the period of October 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020.

Jan. 6, 2020

Project Announcement: Oversight of the Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 18, Examination of the Wide Area Workflow System For the Period of October 1, 2019, Through June 30, 2020 (Project No. D2020-D000FE-0062.000)

Our planned oversight will begin immediately. The Director, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) requested a Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 18 (SSAE 18) examination of the Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) system for the period of October 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020. We contracted with the independent public accounting firm of Ernst and Young, LLP (EY), to perform the SSAE 18 examination.

Jan. 6, 2020

Project Announcement: Oversight of the Audit of the FY 2020 Defense Health Program Enterprise Financial Statements (Project No. D2020-D000FT-0065.000)

We plan to begin the project immediately. We contracted with the independent public accounting firm of Kearney & Company, P.C., to audit the Defense Health Program Enterprise Financial Statements for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2020, and September 30, 2019. Kearney & Company’s objective is to determine whether the FY 2020 Defense Health Program Enterprise Financial Statements and related notes are presented fairly and in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

Jan. 6, 2020

Project Announcement: Evaluation of Foreign Influence in DoD Research and Development (Project No. D2020-DEV0SI-0045.000)

We plan to begin the subject evaluation in January 2020. The objective of this evaluation is to determine whether the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD[R&E]) is monitoring and mitigating foreign influence into the DoD’s research and development programs.

Jan. 6, 2020

Project Announcement: Oversight of the Audit of the Department of the Navy Working Capital Fund Financial Statements for FY 2020 (Project No. D2020-D000FS-0060.000)

Our planned oversight will begin immediately. The Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990, as amended, requires this audit. In accordance with the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990, the DoD Office of Inspector General is the principal auditor for the Department of the Navy Working Capital Fund Financial Statements. We contracted with the independent public accounting firm of Ernst and Young, LLP to perform the audit. The objective of the audit is to provide contract oversight of Ernst and Young's audit of Department of the Navy Working Capital Fund Financial Statements for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2020, and September 30, 2019, to determine if Ernst and Young complied with applicable auditing standards. We will execute the contractor’s audit procedures associated with reviews of transactions and facilities that are Special Access Programs and TOP SECRET/Sensitive Compartmented Information and provide an unclassified version of the results of our review to Ernst and Young to use in developing its overall audit conclusions.

Dec. 20, 2019

Evaluation of DoD Processes and Procedures for Issuing Post Government Employment Opinions in Compliance with Section 847 Requirements DODIG-2020-044

Publicly Released: December 26, 2019 The objective of this evaluation was to determine whether covered DoD officials requested and DoD ethics counselors issued ethics opinions to departing and former DoD officials, as required by Public Law 110 181, “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008,” Section 847, “Requirements for senior Department of Defense officials seeking employment with defense contractors,” as amended, (Section 847).

Dec. 20, 2019

Audit of Jordan Border Security Program Oversight DODIG-2020-043

Publicly Released: December 23, 2019

The objective of this audit was to determine whether the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) ensured that contractor-provided equipment and training met the requirements for the Jordan Border Security Program (JBSP).

Dec. 20, 2019

Audit of the Service Acquisition Executives’ Management of Defense Acquisition Category 2 and 3 Programs DODIG-2020-042

Publicly Released: December 23, 2019

The objective of this audit was to determine whether Army, Navy, and Air Force acquisition officials appropriately identified Acquisition Category (ACAT) 2 and 3 programs and monitored whether program costs and schedules aligned with their respective acquisition category designation.

Dec. 19, 2019

Unclassified Joint Report on the Implementation of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 AUD-2019-005-U

Publicly Released: December 30, 2019 The OIGs determined that sharing of cyber threat indicators and defensive measures has improved over the past two years and efforts are underway to expand accessibility to information. Sharing cyber threat indicators and defensive measures increases the amount of information available for defending systems and networks against cyber attacks.

Dec. 16, 2019

Risk Assessment of the DoD’s Grant Closeout Process DODIG-2020-041

Publicly Released: December 18, 2019

The DoD Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) has completed a risk assessment of the DoD’s grant closeout process as required by the Grants Oversight and New Efficiency (GONE) Act of 2016, Public Law 114-117.