July 11, 2014

Development and Implementation of Sexual Assault Evidence and Criminal Records Retention Policy

We initiated this review as required by the "National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014." Our objective was to review the Military Criminal Investigative Organizations'[1] (MCIO) progress in implementing DoD policy on the retention of and access to evidence and criminal records relating to sexual assault of service members as required by "The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012," and Department of Defense Instruction (DODI) 5505.18, "Investigation of Adult Sexual Assault in the Department of Defense," January 25, 2013, Incorporating Change 1, May 1, 2013.

July 8, 2014

Project Announcement: Audit of the Award of Service Contracts by Naval Special Warfare Command San Diego (Project No. D2014-D000CJ-0191.000)

This audit will be conducted in response to a request by the House Committee on Armed Services. Our objective is to determine whether Naval Special Warfare Command, San Diego, California, is awarding service contracts and task orders. This is report Improvements Needed for Awarding Service Contracts at Naval Special Warfare Command DODIG-2015-124.

July 7, 2014

Procedures to Ensure Sufficient Rare Earth Elements for the Defense Industrial Base Need Improvement (Redacted)

We determined whether DoD effectively planned for life-cycle sustainment of rare earth elements (REE) for the defense industrial base (DIB). Specifically, we determined whether DoD effectively implemented procedures to maintain a sufficient and available supply of REEs for the DIB.

July 7, 2014

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Potentially Overpaid Bell Helicopter for Sole-Source Commercial Spare Parts (Redacted)

We determined whether the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) was purchasing sole-source commercial parts at fair and reasonable prices from Bell Helicopter Textron (Bell). We selected a nonstatistical sample to perform price analysis, sales analysis, and cost analysis to determine whether the prices were fair and reasonable.

July 2, 2014

Project Announcement: Assessment of the Sufficiency of the Afghan National Security Force's Policies, Processes, and Procedures for the Management and Accountability of Ammunition, Explosives, and Fuel (Project No. D2014-D00SP0-0129.001)

The objective of this assessment is to examine the sufficiency of Afghan National Security Forces policies and procedures for the management and accountability of fuel (Class III Bulk) and conventional military ammunition and explosives (Class V).

July 2, 2014

Improvements Needed in the General Fund Enterprise Business System Budget-to-Report Business Process

We performed this audit to determine whether the General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS) Program Management Office (PMO) implemented the DoD Business Enterprise Architecture Budget-to-Report (B2R) Business Process to properly support the Army General Fund (AGF) Statement of Budgetary Resources (SBR).

June 30, 2014

Implementation of 2011 Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards Independence Standards at the DoD Audit Organizations

We conducted this review to determine whether the DoD audit organizations implemented the December 2011 generally accepted government auditing standards (GAGAS) independence standards and whether the standards were being followed. We reviewed 16 of the 21 DoD audit organizations (see Appendix A Scope and Methodology for our rationale).

June 26, 2014

U.S. Central Command Vulnerability Management Program Needs Improvement (Classified)

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June 26, 2014

Army's Audit Readiness at Risk Because of Unreliable Data in the Appropriation Status Report

We performed the audit to assess the reliability of a nonstatistical sample of data reported in the Army General Fund’s Accounting Report (Monthly) 1002, “Appropriation Status by Fiscal Year Program and Subaccounts Report,” (Appropriation Status Report).

June 23, 2014

Insufficient Infrastructure Support to the Fixed Submarine Broadcast System (Classified)

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