Nov. 30, 2020

Semiannual Report to the Congress – April 1, 2020 through September 30, 2020

The Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, requires the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) to prepare semiannual reports summarizing its activities for the preceding 6-month period. These semiannual reports are intended to keep the Secretary of Defense and Congress fully informed of significant findings, progress the DoD has made relating to those findings, and recommendations for improvement.

Nov. 23, 2020

Project Announcement: Audit of Active Duty Service Member Alcohol Abuse Screening and Access to Care for Treatment (Project No. D2021-D000AW-0036.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in November 2020. The objective of this audit is to determine whether the Defense Health Agency and the Military Departments are effectively screening and providing adequate access to care for treatment of alcohol abuse for active duty service members according to DoD guidance. We may revise the objective as the audit proceeds, and we will also consider suggestions from management for additional or revised objectives.

Nov. 23, 2020

Lead Inspector General for East Africa And North And West Africa Counterterrorism Operations I Quarterly Report to the United States Congress | July 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020

Publicly Released: November 25, 2020

This Lead Inspector General (Lead IG) report to the United States Congress is the 9th and final quarterly report on the East Africa Counterterrorism Operation and the North and West Africa Counterterrorism Operation. The purpose of these operations is to degrade or contain al-Qaeda, ISIS, their associated forces, and other violent extremist organizations (VEO) in designated regions of Africa. This report, which covers the period from July 1 through September 30, 2020, summarizes significant events related to these operations and describes ongoing and planned Lead IG and partner agency oversight work.

Nov. 20, 2020

Project Announcement: Audit of DoD Compliance With the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 (Project No. D2021-D000CS-0039.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in November 2020. We are conducting this audit in compliance with Public Law 113-101, "Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014” (DATA Act). The objective of this audit is to determine whether the DoD fourth quarter FY 2020 DATA Act submission complied with the DATA Act.

Nov. 19, 2020

Fiscal Year 2021 Oversight Plan

The Oversight Plan describes the specific oversight projects the DoD OIG intends to conduct in FY 2021, and how those projects are related to the top management challenges facing the DoD. The Oversight Plan and Top DoD Management Challenges documents are related. The Oversight Plan is organized by management challenge. Each chapter provides a summary of a particular challenge, followed by an inventory of the ongoing and planned oversight projects that directly align to that challenge. The Oversight Plan assists the DoD OIG in fulfilling its mission to detect and deter waste, fraud, and abuse in DoD programs and operations; improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the DoD; and help ensure ethical conduct throughout the DoD.

Nov. 19, 2020

Top DoD Management Challenges – Fiscal Year 2021

The Top DoD Management Challenges document identifies the top management and performance challenges impacting the DoD for FY 2021 and beyond.  Each Inspector General is required by law to prepare this annual statement summarizing what the IG considers the “most serious management and performance challenges facing the agency.”  This report provides Congress and the DoD’s civilian and military leaders an independent assessment of the management and performance challenges confronting the DoD.  Finally, the Top DoD Management Challenges document must be included in the DoD’s annual financial report.

Nov. 18, 2020

Project Announcement: Audit of DoD’s Compliance With the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (Project No. D2021-D000CP-0034.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in November 2020. The objective of this audit is to determine the effectiveness of the DoD’s information security policies, procedures, and practices and provide an annual independent evaluation in accordance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014. We may revise the objective as the audit proceeds, and we will also consider suggestions from management for additional or revised objectives.

Nov. 13, 2020

Lead Inspector General for Operation Freedom’s Sentinel I Quarterly Report to the United States Congress I July 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020

Publicly Released: November 17, 2020

This Lead Inspector General (Lead IG) report to the United States Congress on Operation Freedom’s Sentinel (OFS) is the 22nd quarterly report detailing the overseas contingency operation. The report summarizes significant events involving OFS and describes completed, ongoing, and planned Lead IG and partner agency oversight work. This report covers the period from July 1, 2020, through September 30, 2020.

Nov. 12, 2020

Audit of the Accuracy of the Improper Payment Estimates Reported for the Mechanization of Contract Administration Services System (DODIG-2021-024)

Publicly Released: November 16, 2020

The objective of this audit was to determine whether the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) accurately identified and reported improper payments from payments processed through the Mechanization of Contract Administration Services system (MOCAS).

Nov. 9, 2020

Transmittal of the Independent Auditor’s Report on the DoD Military Retirement Fund Financial Statements and Related Notes for FY 2020 and FY 2019 (DODIG-2021-020)

This report begins on page 29/70 of the Fiscal Year 2020 Military Retirement Fund Audited Financial Report. This report may be viewed here, https://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/Documents/afr/fy2020/DoD_Components/2020_AFR_MRF.pdf