Jan. 6, 2023

Project Announcement: Oversight of the Audit of the FY 2023 U.S. Special Operations Command General Fund Financial Statements (Project No. D2023-D000FP-0045.000)

Our planned oversight will begin immediately. The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, requested the audit of the U.S. Special Operations Command General Fund Financial Statements.

Dec. 19, 2022

Management Advisory: DoD Restoration Costs to Repair Facilities After Supporting Operation Allies Refuge and Operation Allies Welcome (DODIG‑2023‑040)

Publicly Released: December 21, 2022

The purpose of this management advisory is to inform DoD leadership of the circumstances that arose from the substantial restoration activities at the temporary housing sites that supported Operation Allies Refuge and Operation Allies Welcome.

Dec. 15, 2022

Management Advisory: Evaluation of U.S. Special Operations Command's Joint Military Information Support Operations Web Operations Center (DODIG-2023-038)

This management advisory notified the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, the Commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command, and the Director of the Joint Military Information Support Operations Web Operations Center (JMWC) of the progress and challenges in implementing actions directed by a Joint Requirements Oversight Council Memorandum and Deputy Secretary of Defense-requested implementation plan to move JMWC from initial operational capability to full operational capability. This management advisory addresses the challenges to reaching the conditions for full operational capability, particularly adequate staffing and a completed military construction project.

Dec. 13, 2022

Whistleblower Reprisal Investigation: Systems & Technology Research, LLC Woburn, Massachusetts (DODIG-2023-037)

We conducted this investigation in response to a reprisal complaint alleging that Systems & Technology Research, LLC (STR), Woburn, Massachusetts, moved the Complainant’s office location and discharged him in reprisal for making protected disclosures concerning security violations.

Dec. 8, 2022

Report of Investigation: BG Jonathan E. Howerton, USA, and Mr. Bradley T. Hoagland, SES (DODIG-2023-032)

The DoD Hotline received complaints from January 14 through September 14, 2020, against Brigadier General (BG) Jonathan E. Howerton, U.S. Army, Deputy Assistant to the President and White House Military Office (WHMO) Director, and Mr. Bradley T. Hoagland, Senior Executive Service, Special Assistant to the President and WHMO Deputy Director. We received three of the complaints after we began our investigation on February 6, 2020.

Dec. 7, 2022

Audit of Vetting and Continuous Review of International Military Students Training in the United States (DODIG-2023-036)

Publicly Released: December 12, 2022

The objective of this audit was to determine whether the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency completed DoD security vetting of International Military Students enrolled in U.S.-based training programs, and their accompanying family members, according to DoD policy and communicated the results of its analysis to appropriate DoD stakeholders.

Dec. 5, 2022

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the Military Criminal Investigative Organizations’ Undercover Operations Programs (Project No. D2023-DEV0SO-0031.000)

We plan to begin the subject evaluation in December 2022.

Dec. 1, 2022

Annual Report to Congress Regarding DoD’s Progress on Implementing Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act Section 554 Requirements (DODIG-2023-034)

This annual report addresses the progress of the Department of Defense (DoD) toward implementing standardized policies and processes as directed by Section 554 of the FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Section 554 requires that annual reporting contain findings and recommendations regarding: (1) the effects of policies, programs, systems, and processes of the Department, regarding personnel, on diversity and inclusion in the Department; and (2) the effectiveness of such policies, programs, systems, and processes in preventing and responding to supremacist, extremist, and criminal gang activity of a member of the Armed Forces.

Nov. 30, 2022

Semiannual Report to the Congress – April 1, 2022 through September 30, 2022

The Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, requires the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) to prepare semiannual reports summarizing its activities for the preceding 6-month period. These semiannual reports are intended to keep the Secretary of Defense and Congress fully informed of significant findings, progress the DoD has made relating to those findings, and recommendations for improvement.

Nov. 30, 2022

Management Advisory: The DoD’s Compliance with Privacy Act Training Requirements Pursuant to the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (DODIG-2023-033)

Publicly Released: December 1, 2022

The purpose of this management advisory is to provide DoD leadership with a DoD Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) finding and recommendation specific to requirements in the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA) relating to training on the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (Privacy Act).