April 6, 2018

Payments to Electromagnetic Pulse Commission Support Contractor DODIG-2018-103

We determined whether the Washington Headquarters Services (WHS) properly reviewed contractor invoices for work performed under a support contract for the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack (EMP Commission III).

April 3, 2018

Project Announcement: Audit of Defense Hotline Allegations Concerning the MQ-9 Block 5 Reaper Unmanned Aircraft System (Project No. D2018-D000AT-0126.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in April 2018. We are conducting this audit in response to allegations made to the Defense Hotline. Our objective is to determine whether the U.S. Air Force is: (1) allowing the contractor to inappropriately charge for MQ-9 Block 5 Reaper repairs prior to DoD accepting the aircraft, (2) using the MQ-9 Block 5 Reaper aircraft to support operational missions, and (3) procuring excess MQ-9 Block 5 spare parts. This is report Defense Hotline Allegations Concerning the MQ‑9 Block 5 Reaper Unmanned Aerial System DODIG-2019-036.

April 3, 2018

DoD Reporting of Charge Card Misuse to OMB DODIG-2018-101

Our objective was to determine whether the DoD’s purchase card and travel card reporting on fraud, waste, abuse, and misuse was complete and accurate.

April 2, 2018

Project Announcement: Audit of Defense Hotline Allegations Concerning Tanium Software (Project No. D2018-D000CU-0125.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in April 2018. This audit is being conducted in response to allegations to the DoD Hotline. Our objective is to determine whether the Air Force and the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental complied with processes and procedures for cybersecurity and acquisition of the Tanium software program.

March 30, 2018

DoD Voting Assistance Programs for Calendar Year 2017 DODIG-2018-093

In accordance with 10 U.S.C. § 1566, our objective was to determine whether voting assistance programs were effective; the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps complied with their respective Service’s voting assistance programs. We also established a self-initiated objective to determine whether DoD Agencies complied with applicable requirements of DoD Instruction (DoDI) 1000.04, “Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP),” September 13, 2012 (as modified by Change 1, effective December 1, 2017). Specifically, we sought to determine whether DoD Agencies complied with the Instruction’s requirement that all DoD Components “develop written voting-related policies to support all eligible uniformed services personnel and their family members, including those in deployed, dispersed, and tenant organizations.”

March 30, 2018

Followup Audit: The Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System Security Posture DODIG-2018-096

We determined whether the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) implemented corrective actions to remediate physical and cybersecurity weaknesses.

March 30, 2018

Technology Readiness of the Navy’s Next Generation Jammer Program DODIG-2018-098

We determined whether the Navy adequately planned and performed a technology readiness assessment (TRA) of the critical technologies for the Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) program.

March 29, 2018

Army Internal Controls Over Foreign Currency Accounts and Payments DODIG-2018-099

We determined whether the Army properly recorded foreign currency payments, exchange transactions, and related gains and losses.

March 29, 2018

Logical and Physical Access Controls at Missile Defense Agency Contractor Locations DODIG-2018-094

We determined whether Missile Defense Agency (MDA) contractors implemented security controls and processes to protect classified and unclassified ballistic missile defense system (BMDS) technical information from internal and external threats.

March 28, 2018

Hotline Allegations Regarding the Actions of Department of the Navy Officials on the Naval Audit Service Audit of Alleged Sexual Assault Victims’ Career Paths DODIG-2018-091

We conducted this evaluation to determine whether the actions of senior Department of the Navy (DON) officials violated Government Auditing Standards (GAS) and adversely impacted the independence of the Naval Audit Service (NAVAUDSVC) and its auditors.