July 24, 2015

Followup Audit: DoD Military Treatment Facilities Continue to Miss Opportunities to Collect on Third Party Outpatient Claims

Our objective was to determine whether Military Treatment Facility (MTF) officials collected outpatient third party health insurance claims as agreed to in Recommendation 1.b of DoD IG Report No. D-2007-108, “Outpatient Third Party Collection Program,” July 18, 2007 and whether these actions corrected the identified deficiencies.

July 22, 2015

Rights of Conscience Protections for Armed Forces Service Members and Their Chaplains

he National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 required the DoD Inspector General to submit a report to the congressional defense committees setting forth the results of an investigation “into the compliance by the Armed Forces with the elements of such regulations on adverse personnel actions, discrimination, or denials of promotion, schooling, training, or assignment for members of the Armed Forces based on conscience, moral principles, or religious beliefs.”

July 10, 2015

U.S. Army Contracting Command-Rock Island Needs to Improve Contracting Officer's Representative Training and Appointment for Contingency Contracts

We determined whether Army controls for monitoring contractor performance were effective for supporting Operation United Assistance contracts.

July 10, 2015

Followup Audit: AdditionalActions Needed to EffectivelyProvide Complete Audit Trailsfor Air Force Journal Vouchers

Our objective was to determine whether Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) Columbus officials modified the journal vouchers (JV) for the Air Force General Fund Statement of Budgetary Resources as agreed to in Recommendation B.1 of DoD IG Report No. DODIG-2012-027, “Deficiencies in Journal Vouchers That Affected the FY 2009 Air Force General Fund Statement of Budgetary Resources,” December 1, 2011 and whether these actions corrected the identified deficiencies.

July 6, 2015

Patriot Express Program Could Be More Cost-Effective for Overseas Permanent Change of Stationand Temporary Duty Travel DODIG-2015-143

ObjectiveThe objective of the audit was to determine whether using Patriot Express channels for overseas permanent change of station and temporary duty travel was cost-effective to DoD.FindingAlthough the Patriot Express flights were not always the most economical mode of transportation for DoD personnel traveling overseas, the program is an

July 1, 2015

Project Announcement: Assessment of U.S. and Coalition Plans/Efforts to Train, Advise, Assist, and Equip the Tribal Resistance Forces (Project No. D2015-D00SPO-0213.000)

We plan to begin the subject assessment immediately. This project relates to the overseas contingency operation, Operation Inherent Resolve, and will be completed in accordance with the oversight responsibility of the Office of the Inspector General, as described in Section 8L of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended. This is report U.S. and Coalition Efforts to Train, Advise, Assist, and Equip Iraqi Sunni Popular Mobilization Forces DODIG-2016-055.

July 1, 2015

Navy's Contract/Vendor Pay Process Was Not Auditable DODIG-2015-142

Our objective was to determine whether the Navy’s Contract/Vendor Pay (CVP) transactions were auditable and supported.

June 30, 2015

Assessment of Electronic Absentee System for Elections (EASE) Grants

We conducted this assessment in response to a June 2014 congressional request from the Chairman and Ranking Member, Military Personnel Subcommittee, House Armed Service Committee.

June 29, 2015

The Air Force Did Not Monitor the Energy Savings Performance Contract at Joint Base McGuire

Our objective was to determine whether Air Force controls for monitoring contract performance were effective.

June 25, 2015

Improvements Needed on DoD Procurements fromRobertson Fuel Systems (Redacted)

Our objective was to determine whether DoD effectively procured items from Robertson Fuel Systems (Robertson). Specifically, we reviewed the commercial item determination and impact a sole-source, commercial procurement strategy had on the fair and reasonable price determination.