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May 3, 2021

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the Department of Defense’s Efforts to Address the Climate Resilience of U.S. Military Installations in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic (Project No. D2021-DEV0PC-0106.000)

We plan to begin the subject evaluation in May 2021. The objective of this evaluation is to determine the extent to which the DoD has addressed the climate resilience of U.S. military installations in the Arctic and sub-Artic. We may revise the objective as the evaluation proceeds, and we will also consider suggestions from management for additional or revised objectives.

May 3, 2021

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the DoD’s Actions Regarding the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (Project No. D2021-DEV0SN-0116.000)

We plan to begin the subject evaluation in May 2021. The objective of this evaluation is to determine the extent to which the DoD has taken actions regarding Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP). We may revise the objective as the evaluation proceeds, and we will consider suggestions from management for additional or revised objectives. We will perform the evaluation at the Offices of the Secretary of Defense, Military Services, Combatant Commands, Combat Support Agencies, Defense Agencies, and the Military Criminal Investigative Organizations. We may identify additional locations during the evaluation.

April 30, 2021

Fiscal Year 2020 Agency Financial Report

RMA Associates, LLC (RMA), an independent public accounting firm, audited our FY 2020 financial statements. RMA issued the DoD OIG an unmodified opinion, expressing that our financial statements are presented, in all material respects, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The DoD OIG has maintained its unmodified opinion for the sixth year in a row, and we will continue to improve our financial management and reporting processes in FY 2021.

April 30, 2021

Lead Inspector General for Operation Inherent Resolve Quarterly Report to the United States Congress | January 1, 2021 – March 31, 2021

Publicly Released: May 4, 2021

This is the 25th Lead Inspector General (Lead IG) report to the United States Congress on Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), the overseas contingency operation to combat the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The report covers the period January 1, 2021 – March 31, 2021, and summarizes the quarter’s key events and describes completed, ongoing, and planned Lead IG and partner agency oversight work related to OIR.

April 21, 2021

Project Announcement: Termination of the Audit of the Department of Defense Disposition Analysis of Counter-Small Unmanned Aerial Systems Acquired Through the Urgent Capability Acquisition Process (Project No. D2019-D000AU-0202.000)

We announced the subject audit on August 30, 2019, (attached). The objective was to determine whether DoD Components adequately completed the disposition analysis of Counter-Small Unmanned Aerial Systems acquired through the urgent capability acquisition process in accordance with DoD guidance. We are terminating this audit because the coronavirus disease–2019 pandemic impacted the operational environment and the team’s ability to effectively complete the audit.

April 21, 2021

Audit of Other Transactions Awarded Through Consortiums (DODIG-2021-077)

Publicly Released: April 23, 2021

The objective of this audit is to determine whether the DoD planned and executed other transactions (OTs) awarded through consortiums in accordance with applicable other transactional authority laws and regulations. We reviewed a non statistical sample of 13 base OT awards, valued at $24.6 billion that were active in FYs 2018-2019.

April 14, 2021

Qualitative Assessment Review of The Administrative Investigative Operations of The Defense Logistics Agency Office of Inspector General (DODIG-2021-076)

Publicly Released: April 19, 2021 On April 14, 2021, the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) completed a qualitative assessment review of the Defense Logistics Agency Office of Inspector General. This was the first review of an administrative investigative operation within a Defense Agency conducted by the DoD OIG.

April 13, 2021

Project Announcement: Agreed-Upon Procedures for Reviewing the FY 2021 Civilian Payroll Withholding Data and Enrollment Information (Project No. D2021-D000FP-0088.000)

We plan to begin the agreed-upon procedures in April 2021. The Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 19-03, “Audit Requirements for Federal Financial Statements,” August 27, 2019, requires that we perform certain agreed-upon procedures on DoD payroll and personnel files. Our objective is to assist the Office of Personnel Management in assessing whether retirement, health benefits, and life insurance withholdings and contributions, as well as enrollment information submitted via the Semiannual Headcount Report by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service for FY 2021 were reasonable.

April 12, 2021

Audit of DoD Infrastructure Planning in Australia (DODIG-2021-075)

This report is classified. To view a redacted copy in the FOIA Reading Room click here.

April 7, 2021

Project Announcement: Evaluation of DoD Contracting Officer Actions on Terminated Contract Costs (Project No. D2021-DEV0SO-0113.000)

We plan to begin the subject evaluation in April 2021. The objective of this evaluation is to determine the extent to which DoD contracting officers complied with the Federal Acquisition Regulation, DoD policy, and Agency policy when they negotiated the costs on terminated DoD contracts, including those contracts that may have been terminated as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. To accomplish the objective, we plan to evaluate the DoD contracting officer actions on a representative sample of terminated contracts that were negotiated from January 1, 2018, through December 31, 2020.

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