June 10, 2020

Audit of the Safety and Security of Radioactive Materials at Department of Defense Medical Treatment Facilities (DODIG-2020-088)

Publicly Released: June 12, 2020

The objective of this audit was to determine whether DoD and military medical treatment facility (medical facility) management properly trained personnel, conducted inspections and program reviews, and accounted for inventory levels for the safety and security of radioactive materials. In addition, Defense Health Agency (DHA) management officials requested that we identify any best practices for their consideration as they assume administration and management responsibility of all medical facilities within the DoD.

June 8, 2020

Project Announcement: Audit of the Department of Defense Mission Assignments for Coronavirus Disease–2019 in the U.S. Northern Command Area of Responsibility (Project No. D2020-D000AU-0143.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in June 2020. The objective of this audit is to determine whether U.S. Northern Command and supporting DoD Components identified, tracked, requested, and received reimbursement for coronavirus disease–2019 mission assignments in accordance with Federal and DoD policies. We may revise the objective as the audit proceeds, and we will consider suggestions from management for additional or revised objectives.

June 8, 2020

Audit of Training of Mobile Medical Teams in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and U.S. Africa Command Areas of Responsibility (DODIG-2020-087)

Publicly Released: June 10, 2020

The objective of this audit was to determine whether the Defense Health Agency and the Military Departments provided effective training to mobile medical teams to improve trauma care before teams deployed to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) and U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM) areas of responsibility.

June 8, 2020

Project Announcement: Audit of the Award and Administration of National Guard Youth Challenge Program Cooperative Agreements (Project No. D2020-D000AT-0142.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in June 2020. The objective of this audit is to determine whether the award and administration of National Guard Youth Challenge Program cooperative agreements were in accordance with applicable Federal and DoD policies and whether the academies achieved program goals and objectives. We may revise the objective as the audit proceeds, and we will also consider suggestions from management for additional or revised objectives.

June 5, 2020

Followup Audit on Department of Defense and Military Department Corrective Actions Taken in Response to Department of Defense Office of Inspector General Reports on Military Housing (DODIG-2020-086)

Publicly Released: June 9, 2020

The objective of this followup audit was to determine whether the DoD corrected previously identified deficiencies related to policies and instructions, preventative maintenance, and environmental health and safety in selected prior military housing reports.

June 3, 2020

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the DoD’s Handling of Incidents of Sexual Assault Against (or Involving) Midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy (Project No. D2020- DEV0SV-0126.000)

In response to congressional inquiries regarding sexual assaults and victim care at the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA), the Office of Inspector General is conducting a series of evaluations of the sexual assault prevention and response programs at the USAFA, United States Military Academy (USMA), and United States Naval Academy (USNA). The first evaluation was the USAFA and documented in our report DODIG-2019-125, September 30, 2019. The second evaluation was the USMA and documented in our report DODIG-2020-073, March 24, 2020.

June 2, 2020

Special Report on Best Practices and Lessons Learned for DoD Contracting Officials in the Pandemic Environment (DODIG-2020-085)

Publicly Released: June 4, 2020

From 2006 through 2020, the DoD OIG and the Service Audit Agencies conducted 52 audits related to disaster relief response.  Of the 52 reports, 36 reports focused on oversight of contracting related to disaster response activities. We analyzed the 36 audit reports and identified several best practices and lessons learned related to contracting from the DoD’s previous disaster relief responses.

June 1, 2020

Project Announcement: External Peer Review of the Defense Information Systems Agency, Office of the Inspector General Audit Organization (Project No. D2020-DEVOS0-0133.000)

We will begin the subject peer review in June 2020. The Government Auditing Standards require that an audit organization performing audits in accordance with the Government Auditing Standards undergo an external peer review every three years by an organization that is independent of the organization being reviewed. Our objective is to determine, for the period ending May 31, 2020, whether the quality control system for the Defense Information Systems Agency, Office of the Inspector General audit organization was designed to provide reasonable assurance that the policies and procedures related to the system of audit quality are suitably designed, operating effectively, and complied with in practice.

May 29, 2020

Project Announcement: Audit of Maintaining Cybersecurity in the COVID-19 Telework Environment (Project No. D2020-D000CR-0119.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in May 2020. We are conducting this audit in compliance with Public Law No. 116-136, “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.” The objective of this audit is to determine whether DoD Components maintained network protections as the DoD workforce maximized the use of telework capabilities to ensure the continuity of mission essential tasks during the Coronavirus Disease–2019 pandemic. We may revise the objective as the audit proceeds, and we will also consider suggestions from management for additional or revised objectives.

May 28, 2020

Fiscal Year 2019 Agency Financial Report

RMA Associates, LLC, an independent public accounting firm, audited the DoD OIG’s FY 2019 financial statements. RMA issued the DoD OIG an unmodified opinion that the DoD OIG’s financial statements are presented, in all material respects, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The DoD OIG received an unmodified opinion for the fourth year in a row.