March 24, 2015

Project Announcement: Assesment of DoD/CENTCOM and Coalition Plans/Efforts to Train, Advise, and Assist the Iraqi Army to Defeat ISIL (Project No. D2015-D00SPO-0170.00)

We plan to beging this subject assesment immediately. This project relates to the overseas contingency Operation Inherent Resolve, and will be completed in accordance with the OIG's oversight responsibilities, as described in Section 8L of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended. This is report Assessment of DoD/USCENTCOM and Coalition Plans/Efforts to Train, Advise, and Assist the Iraqi Army to Defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant DODIG-2015-177.

March 20, 2015

Evaluation of DoD Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems

March 15, 2015

Project Announcement: Audit of DoD's Progress to Effectively Consolidate Data Centers (Project No.D2015-D000RC-0137.000)

We plan to being the subject audit in March 2015. This audit is the first in a series of audits on data center consolidations. This is report DoD's Efforts to Consolidate Data Centers Need Improvement DODIG-2016-068.

March 11, 2015

F-35 Lightning II Program Quality Assurance and Corrective Action Evaluation DODIG-2015-092

We inspected the F-35 Lightning II Program (F-35 Program) at Lockheed Martin, Fort Worth, Texas, for conformity to the contractually required Aerospace Standard (AS)9100, “Quality Management Systems – Requirements for Aviation, Space and Defense Organizations.”

March 9, 2015

Evaluation of Aircraft Ejection Seat Safety When Using Advanced Helmet Sensors DODIG-2015-090

We are issuing this report in response to a request from Congress through the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2015. We determined whether DoD aircraft ejection seats meet aircrew survivability and equipment airworthiness requirements for pilots and aircrew wearing helmet-mounted displays (HMDs), night vision goggles (NVGs), or both during flight operations.

Feb. 23, 2015

Project Announcement: Evaluation of DoD Nuclear Enterprise Governance (Project No. D2015-DISPA1-0130.000)

We plan to begin the subject evaluation in February 2015.

Feb. 18, 2015

Project Announcement: Audit of DoD Alaska Natural Resources Management Plan Contracts and Cooperative Agreements (Project No. D2015-D000CG-0128.000)

Our objective is to determine whether DoD properly awarded contracts and cooperative agreements on a sole-source basis for the development and implementation of integrated natural resources management plans on DoD installations in Alaska. This is report U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Alaska District Needs to Improve Competitive Procedures for Cooperative Agreements for Alaska Integrated Natural Resources Management Plans DODIG-2015-174.

Feb. 12, 2015

Project Announcement: Review of the FY 2015 Military Retirement Fund Basic Financial Statements Audit(Project No. D2015-D000FP-0126.000)

We have contracted with the independent public accounting firm of Kearney and Company to audit the Military Retirement Fund Basic Financial Statements for FY 2015. This is report Independent Auditor's Report on the DoD Military Retirement Fund FY 2015 and FY 2014 Basic Financial Statements DODIG-2016-008.

Feb. 12, 2015

Evaluation of Department of Defense Compliance with Criminal History Data Reporting Requirements

We evaluated whether DoD Military Criminal Investigative Organizations (MCIOs) and other DoD law enforcement organizations reported offender criminal history data collected from service members convicted of qualifying offenses and submitted the data to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division as DoD policy mandates.

Feb. 10, 2015

Project Announcement: Audit of Software Assurance in DoD Programs(Project No. D2015-D000RB-0125.000)

This is the first in a series of audits on software assurance. Our objective is to determine whether critical software components for selected Acquisition Category I programs received the required software assurance testing to reduce the risk of vulnerabilities in operational software. This is report DoD Needs to Require Performance of Software Assurance Countermeasures During Major Weapon System Acquisitions DODIG-2016-082.