Sept. 27, 2024

Management Advisory: The DoD Should Analyze the Use of Barcode Scanners for Conducting Inventories of Defense Articles Requiring Enhanced End Use Monitoring (Report No. DODIG-2024-140)

The DoD designed the Golden Sentry End Use Monitoring program to meet the intent of the Arms Export Control Act to ensure that foreign nations use U.S. defense articles in accordance with the terms and conditions of respective transfer agreements or other applicable agreements. The DoD designates certain defense articles as requiring enhanced end use monitoring, which includes physical security inspections of the facilities storing them, along with initial and annual serial number inventories of all defense articles.

Sept. 26, 2024

Transmittal of the Independent Auditor’s Report on Service Owned Items in Defense Logistics Agency Custody for the Period October 1, 2023, Through June 30, 2024 (DODIG-2024-139)

To request the Independent Auditor’s Report on the SSAE 18 Examination of Service Owned Items in Defense Logistics Agency Custody as of July 31, 2024, and our transmittal; please file a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Defense Logistics Agency FOIA here. 

Sept. 24, 2024

Statement of Brett A. Mansfield, Deputy Inspector General for Audit, Office of Inspector General, Department of Defense House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations “Tracking Progress: Examining the Defense Department’s Financial Management Practices”

Statement of Brett A. Mansfield, Deputy Inspector General for Audit, Office of Inspector General, Department of Defense House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations “Tracking Progress: Examining the Defense Department’s Financial Management Practices”

Sept. 19, 2024

Audit of the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Capabilities (Report No. DODIG-2024-136)

The objective of the audit was to determine whether the Department of the Navy effectively managed deficiencies identified during operational testing, to achieve the performance capabilities for the E 2D Advanced Hawkeye modifications.

Sept. 17, 2024

Audit of the Department of Defense’s Management of Dwell Time for Service Members in the Reserve Components (Report No. DODIG-2024-135)

The objective of this audit was to determine whether Service members in Reserve Components, mobilized in support of the DoD’s global mission requirements, received sufficient dwell periods in accordance with DoD and Service-level policies.

Sept. 11, 2024

Evaluation of the DoD’s Tracking and Accountability of Presidential Drawdown Equipment Provided to Taiwan (DODIG-2024-130)

The objective of this evaluation was to determine whether the DoD effectively and efficiently implemented accountability and quality controls for items provided to Taiwan using the Presidential Drawdown Authority. We also assessed the DoD’s tracking and inventorying of the presidential drawdown items and the sufficiency of the DoD’s processes to ensure that the PD items met applicable standards.

Aug. 28, 2024

Unclassified Summary of Report No. DODIG-2024-124, “Evaluation of Sustaining Engineering Actions for the Space Force’s Upgraded Early Warning Radar”

The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General conducted an evaluation titled “Evaluation of Sustaining Engineering Actions for the Space Force’s Upgraded Early Warning Radar.” The objective of this evaluation was to determine the extent to which the Space Force implemented sustaining engineering actions to ensure that the Upgraded Early Warning Radar was capable, reliable, and available to meet mission requirements while managing risks. Specifically, we determined whether the UEWR program office took sustaining engineering actions that were effective sustainment solutions for the UEWR.

Aug. 27, 2024

Operation Enduring Sentinel and Other U.S. Government Activities Related to Afghanistan (OES)

This quarterly report describes the activities of the U.S. Government in support of OES, as well as the work of the DoD, the Department of State (State), and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to further the U.S. Government’s policy goals in Afghanistan during the period of April 1 through June 30, 2024. This report also discusses the planned, ongoing, and completed oversight work conducted by the Lead IG agencies—the DoD, State, and USAID OIGs—and our partner oversight agencies.

Aug. 21, 2024

Audit of Repair Pricing on the F/A-18 Hornet Radar Systems (Report No. DODIG-2024-122)

The objective of this audit was to determine whether the Department of the Navy obtained fair and reasonable pricing for repair of Airborne Fire Control Radar Systems on the F/A 18 Hornet.

Aug. 15, 2024

Management Advisory: Concerns with Elevated Radon Levels at Naval Support Activity Naples (Report No. DODIG-2024-121)

The purpose of this management advisory is to inform the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Housing of the lack of DoD policy addressing potentially elevated levels of radon in off-base housing outside the continental United States and to notify Navy officials of the need to better communicate potentially elevated radon levels to personnel living in Naples off-base housing.