Feb. 14, 2023

Lead Inspector General for Operation Enduring Sentinel | Quarterly Report to the United States Congress | October 1, 2022 – December 31, 2022

This Lead Inspector General (Lead IG) report to the United States Congress is the 5th report on Operation Enduring Sentinel (OES).  The report summarizes significant events involving OES and describes completed, ongoing, and planned Lead IG and partner agency oversight work.  This report covers the period from October 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022.  

Feb. 13, 2023

Project Announcement: Evaluation of DoD Efforts to Mitigate Foreign Influence When Foreign Investors Acquire Land or Property in Close Proximity to U.S. Military Facilities (Project No. D2023-DEV0SI-0086.000)

The objective of this evaluation is to determine the extent to which the DoD has developed plans, processes, and procedures to mitigate foreign influence when foreign investors acquire land or property in close proximity to U.S. Military facilities.

Feb. 13, 2023

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the DoD Military Information Support Operations Workforce (Project No. D2023-DEV0PD-0079.000)

The objective of this evaluation is to determine the extent to which the DoD and Military Services have recruited, trained, and retained military and civilian military information support operations personnel.

Feb. 13, 2023

Project Announcement: Audit of Munitions Storage in the U.S. Central Command (Project No. D2023-D000RJ-0083.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in February 2023. The objective of this audit is to determine whether the DoD stores and secures munitions in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in accordance with applicable safety and security policies. We may revise the objective as the audit proceeds, and we will consider suggestions from management for additional or revised objectives.

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.

Feb. 3, 2023

Management Advisory: DoD Agreements for the Industry Connections (ICON) Initiative (DODIG-2023-050)

This report is classified. To view a redacted copy in the FOIA Reading Room click here.

Jan. 31, 2023

Independent Auditor’s Report on the FY 2022 DoD Budget Formulation Compliance Reports (DODIG-2023-049)

The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Circular, “National Drug Control Program Agency Compliance Reviews,” September 9, 2021, requires a budget formulation compliance report be provided to the Director of ONDCP by February 1 of each year. The Circular provides the policies and procedures that National Drug Control Program agencies must use to prepare the budget formulation compliance reports. The agency’s Chief Financial Officer or other accountable senior executive is responsible for preparing the budget formulation compliance reports. Each report includes sections on summer budget formulation information and assertions relating to the budget data.* We reviewed the FY 2022 DoD budget formulation compliance reports and the related assertions within those reports. DoD management is responsible for its assertions. Our responsibility is to express a conclusion on the DoD budget formulation compliance reports based on our review.