Feb. 9, 2023

Management Advisory: The DoD’s Use of Mobile Applications (Report No. DODIG-2023-041)

The purpose of this management advisory is to provide DoD officials responsible for approving and managing the use of mobile applications with concerns identified during the Audit of the Defense Digital Service Support of DoD Programs and Operations (Project No. D2021-D000CU-0143.000). Specifically, we determined that DoD personnel are conducting official business on their DoD mobile devices using mobile applications in violation of Federal and DoD electronic messaging and records retention policies. In addition, DoD personnel are downloading mobile applications to their DoD mobile devices that could pose operational and cybersecurity risks to DoD information and information systems.

Feb. 7, 2023

Lead Inspector General for Operation Inherent Resolve I Quarterly Report to the United States Congress I October 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022

This is the 32nd Lead Inspector General (Lead IG) report to the United States Congress on Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), the overseas contingency operation to advise, assist, and enable local partner forces until they can independently defeat ISIS in designated areas of Iraq and Syria, thereby setting conditions for the implementation of long-term security cooperation frameworks.

Feb. 7, 2023

Project Announcement: Audit of the DoD Award and Administration of Noncompetitively Awarded Contracts in Support of Ukraine (Project No. D2023-D000RH-0082.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in February 2023. The objective of this audit is to determine whether DoD contracting officials properly awarded and administered noncompetitively awarded contracts in support of the Ukraine response, according to Federal and DoD Regulations. We may issue separate reports covering the award and the administration of contracts, revise the objective as the audit proceeds, and will also consider suggestions from management for additional or revised objectives. We will identify locations to visit during the audit.

Jan. 30, 2023

Summary of Reports and Testimonies Regarding DoD Cybersecurity from July 1, 2020, Through June 30, 2022 (DODIG-2023-047)

The objective of this summary report was to: (1) summarize unclassified and classified reports and testimonies regarding DoD cybersecurity that the DoD Office of Inspector General, the Government Accountability Office, and other DoD oversight organizations issued between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2022, concerning DoD cybersecurity; (2) identify cybersecurity trends; and (3) provide a status of open DoD cybersecurity-related recommendations.

Jan. 23, 2023

Evaluation of Military Criminal Investigative Organizations’ Major Procurement Fraud Programs (DODIG-2023-045)

Publicly Released: January 25, 2023

The objective of this evaluation was to determine whether the Military Criminal Investigation Organizations’ major procurement fraud investigations comply with DoD, Service, and MCIO policy. The investigations under review covered fraud offenses with an alleged loss of $500,000 or more; corruption involving bribery, gratuities, or conflicts of interest; and defective product, non-conforming product, counterfeit material (equipment and supplies), and product substitution.

Jan. 23, 2023

Project Announcement: Audit of Explosives Safety and Munitions Risk Management in Support of Ukraine Operations (Project No. D2023-D000RH-0055.000)

The objective of this audit is to determine whether the DoD is executing Explosives Safety and Munitions Risk Management for explosives and munitions provided to assist Ukraine operations in accordance with Federal and DoD policies.

Jan. 20, 2023

Fiscal Year 2023 Oversight Plan

The Oversight Plan describes the specific oversight projects the DoD OIG intends to conduct in FY 2023, and how those projects are related to the top management challenges facing the DoD. The Oversight Plan and Top DoD Management Challenges documents are related. The Oversight Plan is organized by management challenge. Each chapter provides a summary of a particular challenge, followed by an inventory of the ongoing and planned oversight projects that directly align to that challenge. The Oversight Plan assists the DoD OIG in fulfilling its mission to detect and deter waste, fraud, and abuse in DoD programs and operations; improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the DoD; and help ensure ethical conduct throughout the DoD.

Jan. 18, 2023

FY 2023 Joint Strategic Oversight Plan - Ukraine Response

This Fiscal Year 2023 Joint Strategic Plan for Ukraine Response is the first joint strategic oversight plan submitted to Congress by the Offices of Inspectors General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of State, and the U.S. Agency for International Development. This plan describes these three OIG’s and partner agencies’ oversight of U.S. activities related to the Ukraine response.

Jan. 12, 2023

Evaluation of Cybersecurity Controls on the DoD’s Secure Unclassified Network (DODIG-2023-044)

Publicly Released: January 17, 2023

The objective of this evaluation was to determine whether the DoD developed, implemented, maintained, and updated security and governance controls to protect the Secure Unclassified Network, and the data and technologies that reside on it, from internal and external threats.

Jan. 9, 2023

External Peer Review of the Army Internal Review Program (DODIG-2023-042)

Publicly Released: January 11, 2023

This final report provides the results of the DoD Office of Inspector General’s external peer review on the Army Internal Review Program.