April 23, 2025

WHISTLEBLOWER REPRISAL INVESTIGATION HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA (Report No. DODIG-2025-087)

We conducted this investigation in response to a reprisal complaint alleging that Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), Minneapolis, Minnesota, directed its subcontractor to remove the Complainant from the Honeywell defense contract in reprisal for making protected disclosures to Honeywell officials concerning political and racist comments, neglected security duties, falsified time, and illegal drug activity.

April 21, 2025

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the DoD’s Development and Implementation of Quantum Technologies (Project No. D2025-DEV0SI-0100.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we are initiating the subject evaluation. The objective of this evaluation is to determine the extent to which the DoD complied with section 234 of the FY 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), “Defense Quantum Information Science and Technology Research and Development Program,” as amended by section 214 of the FY 2021 NDAA

April 15, 2025

Evaluation of the U.S. Navy’s Efforts to Prevent and Respond to Incidents of Deaths by Suicide, Suicide Attempts, and Suicidal Ideation (Report No. DODIG-2025-085)

We assessed and summarized the Navy’s efforts to prevent and respond to suicide related incidents on six specific topics, as required by section 599A of the FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

April 10, 2025

Audit of Department of Defense Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Contract Awards (Report No. DODIG-2025-083)

The objective of this audit is to determine whether DoD contracting officials awarded lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) contracts in accordance with Federal laws and DoD policies and regulations.

April 3, 2025

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the Secretary of Defense's Reported Use of a Commercially Available Messaging Application for Official Business (Project No. D2025-DEVOPC-0095.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we are initiating the subject evaluation. We are conducting this evaluation in response to a March 26, 2025 letter I received from the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, requesting that I conduct an inquiry into recent public reporting on the Secretary of Defense's use of an unclassified commercially available messaging application to discuss information pertaining to military actions in Yemen in March 2025.

March 31, 2025

Project Announcement: Assistance with OPM's Agreed Upon Procedures for Reviewing FY 2025 Civilian Payroll Withholding Data and Enrollment Information (Project No. D2025-D000FE-0082.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we plan to begin performing the subject agreed-upon procedures in April 2025. Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 24-02, “Audit Requirements for Federal Financial Statements,” July 29, 2024, requires us to perform certain agreed-upon procedures on DoD payroll and personnel files.

March 28, 2025

External Peer Review of the Evaluations Organization of the U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Inspector General

This required external peer review was conducted in accordance with the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) Inspection and Evaluation Committee guidance as contained in the CIGIE Guide for Conducting Peer Reviews of Inspection and Evaluation Organizations of Federal Offices of Inspector General, issued in July 2023.  The peer review was conducted from September 25, 2024, through February 21, 2025.

March 28, 2025

Management Advisory: Timeliness of Performance Evaluations for Contracts Supporting the DoD’s Building Partner Capacity Efforts (Report No. DODIG-2025-080)

On May 22, 2023, the DoD OIG announced the “Audit of the DoD’s Efforts to Build Partner Capacity in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) Area of Responsibility.” The objective of the audit is to determine whether the DoD established program objectives, met performance metrics, developed an assessment framework, and met congressional reporting requirements for the effective execution of building partner capacity activities within the USINDOPACOM area of responsibility in accordance with laws and DoD regulations.

March 18, 2025

Evaluation of DoD Voting Assistance Programs for Calendar Year 2024 ( Report No. DODIG-2025-079 )

The objective of this evaluation was to assess the effectiveness of the Military Services’ voting assistance programs based on 2024 annual reviews by the respective Service Offices of Inspector General (OIGs), and in accordance with section 1566, title 10, United States Code, 2020, as amended.

March 14, 2025

Project Announcement: Termination of the Audit of the Army’s Management of the XM30 Combat Vehicle Program (Project No. D2025-D000AU-0025.000)

We announced the subject audit on November 14, 2024. The objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Army’s management of the XM30 Combat Vehicle (XM30) program’s transition to a major capability acquisition (MCA) pathway with a focus on the Army’s management of the XM30’s critical technologies.1 Attachment A is a copy of our announcement memorandum.