Nov. 7, 2014

Army Personnel Complied With the Berry Amendment But Can Improve Compliance With the Buy American Act

Our audit objective was to determine whether Army personnel complied with the Berry Amendment and the Buy American Act when they purchased covered items such as food, clothing, tents, textiles, and hand or measuring tools. We performed this audit in response to Section 1601 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2014. The act requires the DoD Inspector General to conduct periodic audits of contracting practices and policies related to procurement under section 2533a, title 10, United States Code, the Berry Amendment.

Oct. 30, 2014

The Army Needs to Improve the Processes for Reporting Inventory Losses in Afghanistan (Redacted)

Our objective was to determine whether DoD effectively identified and reported inventory losses in Afghanistan. This audit focused on reporting inventory losses at the Redistribution Property Assistance Team (RPAT) yards in Afghanistan. This is one in a series of audits about the transfer of equipment from Afghanistan to the United States for reset and redistribution.

Oct. 28, 2014

Defense Logistics Agency Did Not FullyImplement the Business Enterprise Architecture Procure-to-Pay Business Process in the Enterprise Business System

We determined whether the Enterprise Business System (EBS) Program Management Office implemented the DoD Business Enterprise Architecture (BEA) Procure-to-Pay business process to properly support the purchase of Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) goods and services and generate accurate and reliable financial management information.

Oct. 23, 2014

Followup Audit: Enterprise BloodManagement System Not Ready forFull Deployment

Our objective was to determine whether the system configuration and early operational assessment for the Enterprise Blood Management System (EBMS) will meet the system requirements as agreed to in Recommendations A.4. and B.3 from DoD OIG Report No. D-2002-010, “Armed Services Blood Program Defense Blood Standard System,” and whether these corrective actions intended to mitigate the identified problems.

Oct. 9, 2014

Assessment of DoD-Provided Healthcare for Members of the United States Armed Forces Reserve Components

The objectives of this assessment were to determine whether DoD-provided healthcare programs support pre-deployment medical readiness rates and the efficient and effective post-deployment care of Reserve Component (RC) service members. We examined DoD-provided healthcare programs used to maintain or improve required medical readiness rates and also examined DoD-provided healthcare programs for wounded, ill, and injured members of the RC.

Sept. 9, 2014

Evaluation of Military Criminal Investigative Organizations' Child Sexual Assault Investigations

We evaluated 163 Military Criminal Investigative Organization (MCIO) investigations of sexual assaults of children closed in 2012 to determine whether the MCIOs completed investigations as required by DoD, Military Service, and MCIO guidance. Our evaluation focused on: whether the MCIOs investigated child sexual assaults as required by guiding policies and procedures.

July 31, 2014

The Army Did Not Properly Account For and Manage Force Provider Equipment in Afghanistan

We determined whether DoD properly accounted for Force Provider (FP) equipment in Afghanistan. An FP module is a compilation of components that support 600 personnel.

July 28, 2014

Improvements Needed in Contract Administration of Mi-17 Cockpit Modification Task Order (Redacted)

Our objective was to determine whether DoD officials properly awarded and administered indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract W58RGZ-09-D-0130, Task Order 0102, for the modification of DoD-owned Mi-17 variant aircraft in accordance with Federal and DoD regulations and policies.

July 25, 2014

Enhanced Army Global Logistics Enterprise Basic Ordering Agreements and Task Orders Were Properly Executed and Awarded

We determined whether U.S. Army Contracting Command-Rock Island (ACC-RI) officials awarded Enhanced Army Global Logistics Enterprise (EAGLE) basic ordering agreements and task orders in accordance with Federal and DoD guidelines.

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).