May 1, 2020

Audit of the Department of Defense’s Compliance in Fiscal Year 2019 With Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act Requirements (DODIG-2020-083)

Publicly Released: May 5, 2020

The objective of this audit was to determine whether the DoD complied with the requirements of three laws related to identifying and reporting on improper payments in the DoD. In this report, we referred to the three Acts as Improper Payments Elimination Recovery Act (IPERA).

April 30, 2020

Project Announcement: Audit of Contracts for Equipment and Supplies in Support of the Coronavirus Disease–2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic (Project No. D2020-D000AX-0110.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in April 2020. The objective of this audit is to determine whether the DoD paid fair and reasonable prices for laboratory equipment and personal protective equipment procured in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

April 30, 2020

Evaluation of the DoD’s Management of Health and Safety Hazards in Government-Owned and Government-Controlled Military Family Housing (DODIG-2020-082)

Publicly Released: May 4, 2020

The objective of this evaluation was to determine if the DoD effectively managed health and safety hazards in Government owned and Government controlled (GO GC) military family housing.

April 27, 2020

Special Report on Protecting Patient Health Information During the COVID‑19 Pandemic (DODIG-2020-080)

Publicly Released: April 27, 2020

The DoD Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) recognizes that MTFs are seeing and treating patients at increasing rates. The DoD OIG is providing this document to share lessons learned and best practices that we identified during our previous work related to the security and protection of PHI at MTFs.

April 27, 2020

Project Announcement: Audit of ENCORE III Information Technology Service Task Orders (Project No. D2020-D000CT-0120.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in April 2020. The objective of this audit is to determine whether DoD Components administered task orders issued under the Defense Information Systems Agency’s ENCORE III information technology service contract in accordance with Federal and DoD requirements.

April 23, 2020

Project Announcement: Audit of Entitlements and Allowances for Mobilized Reserve Component Members (Project No. D2020-D000RG-0116.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in April 2020. The objective of this audit is to determine whether the DoD Reserve Components mobilization process ensures that entitlements and allowances are accurately identified and processed prior to Reserve Component members’ mobilization.

April 20, 2020

Project Announcement: Audit of Accounting Corrections on the Standard Form 1081 (Project No. D2020-D000FP-0112.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in April 2020. The objective of this audit is to determine whether the DoD properly used the Standard Form 1081, “Voucher and Schedule of Withdrawals and Credits,” to correct accounting errors. In addition, we will determine whether the DoD identified and reported improper payments resulting from the accounting errors.

April 13, 2020

Report on the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) Cloud Procurement (DODIG-2020-079)

Publicly Released: April 15, 2020

On June 11, 2019, the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General initiated a review of the DoD Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Cloud procurement, and an investigation into allegations that former DoD officials engaged in ethical misconduct related to the JEDI Cloud procurement.

April 13, 2020

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the Ground Test and Evaluation Infrastructure Supporting Hypersonic Capabilities (Project No. D2020-DEV0SN-0106.000)

We plan to begin the subject evaluation in April 2020. Our objective is to determine whether the DoD has sufficient ground test and evaluation facilities with the capability and capacity to support environmental testing for DoD's planned hypersonic weapon systems.

April 6, 2020

COVID-19 Expenditures — Lessons Learned Regarding Awareness of Potential Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Risk

On April 6, the DoD OIG shared the COVID-19 Expenditures — Lessons Learned Regarding Awareness of Potential Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Risk memorandum with DoD leaders to share best practices and lessons learned during previous oversight work. We believe that this document can help the DoD use CARES Act funds effectively, while at the same time seeking to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse.