Sept. 23, 2013

The U.S. Air Force Academy Lacked Effective Controls Over Heritage Assets and Guest House Inventories, and Inappropriately Solicited and Accepted Monetary Gifts

We determined whether the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA), its nonappropriated fund instrumentalities (NAFIs), and its supporting nonprofit organizations were properly accepting, recording, reporting, and disbursing donations, gifts, and nonappropriated funds.

Sept. 18, 2013

Appropriate Contracting Processes Used to Satisfy Validated Marine Corps Logistics Prepositioning Requirements

Our audit objective was to determine whether Marine Corps officials used appropriate contracting processes to satisfy mission requirements for prepositioning and logistics support in accordance with Federal and DoD policies.

Sept. 18, 2013

The Department of Defense and Veteran Affairs Health Care Joint Venture at Tripler Army Medical Center Needs More Management Oversight

Our audit objective was to determine whether the Master Sharing Agreement (MSA) and Joint Policies governing claims and reimbursement between Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and DoD for health care services at Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC) were operating effectively.

Sept. 16, 2013

Navy Commercial Access Control System Did Not Effectively Mitigate Access Control Risks (Redacted)

We determined whether the Navy Commercial Access Control System (NCACS) was mitigating access control risks for Navy installations.

Sept. 16, 2013

Army Requirement To Acquire Individual Carbine Not Justified

We initiated this audit to determine whether the Army justified its competition to acquire a new Individual Carbine (IC) weapon and whether the Army was implementing an effective acquisition strategy.

Aug. 29, 2013

Quality Control Review of the PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP FY 2011 Single Audit of SRI International

SRI International (SRI) is an independent, nonprofit research institute headquartered in Menlo Park, California. SRI conducts client-sponsored research and development for government agencies, commercial businesses, foundations, and other organizations. SRI expended $424.2 million in Federal awards for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, under one Federal program, the research and development cluster. Of the $424.2 million, $295.2 million was expended for Department of Defense programs.

Aug. 23, 2013

Army Needs Better Processes to Justify and Manage Cost-Reimbursement Contracts

We are required to perform this audit in accordance with the FY 2009 National Defense Authorization Act, section 864, “Regulations on the Use of Cost Reimbursement Contracts.”

Aug. 23, 2013

Award and Administration of Multiple-AwardContracts at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Need Improvement

Our objectives were to determine whether contracting officials provided a fair opportunity to compete, supported price reasonableness determinations, and performed adequate surveillance for task orders issued under multiple-award contracts for services in accordance with Federal and DoD procedures. We reviewed 20 task orders, valued at $15.8 million, awarded under two multiple-award contracts.

Aug. 22, 2013

Assessment of the DSE 40mm Grenades

Our assessment focused on the reliability and quality control procedures for 40mm grenades procured by DoD from DSE, Inc. Specifically, we assessed the quality management systems employed by DSE Systems, LLC., a division of DSE, Inc., for manufacturing the M550 fuze.

Aug. 21, 2013

Acquisition of the Air Force Hard Target Void Sensing Fuze Program (Redacted)

Our audit objective was to determine whether the Air Force effectively prepared the Hard Target Void Sensing Fuze (HTVSF) program for the production and deployment phase of the acquisition process.