July 26, 2023

Audit of the Army’s Use of Public-Private Partnerships at Anniston Army Depot (DODIG-2023-097)

Publicly Released: July 27, 2023

The objective of this audit was to determine whether Army officials established metrics to measure benefits from public‑private partnerships (P3) for product support at Anniston Army Depot, Alabama, in accordance with DoD policies, and whether the Army received the benefits. We scoped our audit to P3s at Anniston Army Depot because of the large dollar value of the P3s at Anniston Army Depot.

July 21, 2023

Management Advisory: DoD’s Ability to Financially Report Joint Strike Fighter Inventory (DODIG-2023-096)

Publicly Released: July 25, 2023

The purpose of this management advisory is to report on issues related to the accounting and reporting of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program inventory, collected during the DoD Agency-Wide Financial Statements audit. During the audit, the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) found that the F-35 JSF Program Office did not have a valid population of Joint Strike Fighter inventory. In addition, we reported on the DoD’s plan for transferring the management, planning, and execution of sustainment activities to the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Air Force in accordance with the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2022.

July 20, 2023

Special Report: Lessons Learned from DoD OIG Reports to Inform the DoD’s Ukraine Response (DODIG-2023-094)

Publicly Released: July 24, 2023

On February 24, 2022, Russian forces launched an unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, a country Russia has partially occupied for 9 years. Since February 2022, the United States, allies, and partners have provided Ukraine with equipment and training to defend against Russian aggression.

July 17, 2023

Project Announcement: External Peer Review of the Defense Information Systems Agency, Office of the Inspector General Audit Organization (Project No. D2023-DEV0SO-0142.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we plan to begin the subject external peer review in July 2023. The Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, states the DoD OIG will conduct, or approve arrangements for the conduct of, external peer reviews of DoD agencies in accordance with the Government Auditing Standards. The Government Auditing Standards require that an audit organization performing audits undergo an external peer review every 3 years by an organization that is independent of the organization being reviewed.

July 13, 2023

Statement of Brett A. Mansfield, Deputy Inspector General for Audit, Department of Defense Office of Inspector General for the hearing on “Beyond the Budget: Addressing Financial Accountability in the Department of Defense”

Statement of Brett A. Mansfield, Deputy Inspector General for Audit, Department of Defense Office of Inspector General for the hearing on “Beyond the Budget: Addressing Financial Accountability in the Department of Defense”

July 11, 2023

Project Announcement: Audit of the Department of Defense’s FY 2023 Compliance with Payment Integrity Information Act Requirements (Project No. D2023-D000FL-0136.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we plan to begin the subject audit in July 2023. This audit is required by Public Law 116-117, “Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019,” March 2, 2020.

July 7, 2023

Audit of the Reliability of the DoD Coronavirus Disease–2019 Patient Health Data (DODIG-2023-093)

Publicly Released: July 11, 2023

The objective of this audit was to determine the extent to which the DoD can rely on the patient data in its Coronavirus Disease–2019 (COVID-19) Registry to make public health and clinical care decisions.

June 28, 2023

Management Advisory: Sufficiency of Staffing at Logistics Hubs in Poland for Conducting Inventories of Items Requiring Enhanced End-Use Monitoring (DODIG-2023-090)

Publicly Released: June 29, 2023

We are providing this management advisory to inform DoD leadership of the need to address additional methods for the Office of Defense Cooperation–Ukraine to fulfill part of their mission in Poland, to capture 100 percent serial number inventories of Enhanced End-Use Monitoring defense articles before transfer to Ukraine.

June 27, 2023

Management Advisory: Reliability of the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System Data (DODIG-2023-089)

Publicly Released: June 29, 2023

The purpose of this management advisory is to provide Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) officials with information related to concerns with the reliability of data in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System. We determined that beneficiary data for the data fields supporting identity management and benefits eligibility were generally complete. However, inconsistencies in guidance concerning the collection and maintenance of contact data resulted in incomplete and unreliable information.

June 16, 2023

Evaluation of DoD Support to Other Agencies’ Requests for Screening of Displaced Persons from Afghanistan (DODIG-2023-088)

Publicly Released: June 21, 2023

The objective of this evaluation was to determine the extent to which the DoD supported other agencies’ requests for screening Afghan evacuees. In addition, we reviewed DoD guidance for deletion of biometrics information from DoD databases and removal of identities from the DoD Biometrically Enabled Watch List (BEWL) to determine the extent to which the DoD followed the guidance. The DoD OIG initiated this evaluation following receipt of a letter dated August 4, 2022, from two U.S. Senators expressing their concerns based on new allegations raised by a DoD whistleblower.