June 25, 2024

Project Announcement: Review of the DoD’s Involvement in Facilitating the Delivery of Humanitarian Aid to Gaza Through the Maritime Corridor (Project No. D2024-D000RJ-0144.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we plan to begin the subject review in June 2024. The objective of this review is to assess the effectiveness of the DoD’s efforts to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza. We intend to first assess the DoD’s roles, responsibilities, and controls related to facilitating the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza through the maritime corridor.

June 4, 2024

Special Report: Summary of Prior DoD Office of Inspector General Contract Pricing Audits and Other Reviews (Report No. DODIG‑2024‑092)

The House Report 118 301, conference report to accompany H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, required the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General to provide a briefing on status and findings of the oversight that the Office of Inspector General has conducted related to fair and reasonable costs in contracting.

Nov. 16, 2023

Lead Inspector General for Operation Enduring Sentinel | July 1, 2023, through September 30, 2023

This Lead Inspector General (Lead IG) report to the United States Congress is the 8th report on Operation Enduring Sentinel (OES). The report summarizes significant events involving OES and describes completed, ongoing, and planned Lead IG and partner agency oversight work. This report covers the period from July 1, 2023, through September 30, 2023.

Aug. 16, 2023

Lead Inspector General for Operation Enduring Sentinel | April 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023

This Lead Inspector General (Lead IG) report to the United States Congress is the 7th report on Operation Enduring Sentinel (OES). The report summarizes significant events involving OES and describes completed, ongoing, and planned Lead IG and partner agency oversight work. This report covers the period from April 1, 2023, through June 30, 2023.

Aug. 10, 2023

Compendium of Open Office of Inspector General Recommendations to the Department of Defense

The 2023 Compendium lists the number, type, age, and status of 1,354 open recommendations, as of March 31, 2023.

Aug. 3, 2023

Audit of the Military Service Recruiting Organizations’ Efforts to Screen Applicants for Extremist and Criminal Gang Behavior (DODIG-2023-103)

Publicly Released:  August 7, 2023

The objective of this audit was to determine whether Military Service recruiting organizations screened applicants for extremist and criminal gang behavior in accordance with DoD and Military Service policies and procedures.

Aug. 1, 2023

Audit of the DoD Exceptional Family Member Program (DODIG-2023-102)

Publicly Released: August 3, 2023

The objective of this audit was to determine the extent to which the DoD provided oversight of the Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) and the actions the DoD took to address recommendations from two previous Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports.

June 16, 2023

Evaluation of DoD Support to Other Agencies’ Requests for Screening of Displaced Persons from Afghanistan (DODIG-2023-088)

Publicly Released: June 21, 2023

The objective of this evaluation was to determine the extent to which the DoD supported other agencies’ requests for screening Afghan evacuees. In addition, we reviewed DoD guidance for deletion of biometrics information from DoD databases and removal of identities from the DoD Biometrically Enabled Watch List (BEWL) to determine the extent to which the DoD followed the guidance. The DoD OIG initiated this evaluation following receipt of a letter dated August 4, 2022, from two U.S. Senators expressing their concerns based on new allegations raised by a DoD whistleblower.

June 9, 2023

Audit of the DoD’s Financial Management of the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund (DODIG-2023-082)

The objective of this audit was to determine whether the DoD managed the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund (ASFF) appropriated funds in the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Trust Fund in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. This audit was performed due to previously identified risks related to the DoD’s transfer of ASFF appropriated funds to the FMS Trust Fund and the sudden collapse of the Afghan government. Data reliability and supporting documentation issues, described in the Scope and Methodology section, limited our ability to perform tests on the underlying transactions for the ASFF funds.

June 8, 2023

Review of the DoD’s Co-Location Policies to Support Dual Military Marriages (DODIG-2023-085)

Publicly Released: June 12, 2023

The objective of this review was to determine the extent to which the DoD’s co location policies support dual military marriages. We focused this review on DoD and Military Service assignment policy exceptions, including the marital status of Service members married to each other and the co location status of dual military spouses.