Jan. 4, 2022

Project Announcement: Oversight of the Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 18 Examination of the Defense Automatic Addressing System (Project No. D2022- D000FE-0062.000)

Our planned oversight will begin immediately. The Director of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) requested a Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 18 (SSAE 18) examination of the Defense Automatic Addressing System (DAAS) for the period of October 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022. We contracted with the independent public accounting firm of Ernst & Young, LLP, (EY) to perform the SSAE 18 examination. The objective of EY’s attestation examination is to issue an opinion on the DLA’s description of DAAS and the suitability of the design and operating effectiveness of the controls to achieve the related control objectives stated in the description. The objective of our project is to provide contract oversight of EY’s attestation examination and determine whether EY complied with the contract and applicable attestation and generally accepted government auditing standards.

Jan. 4, 2022

Project Announcement: Oversight of the Audit of the FY 2022 Defense Logistics Agency Working Capital Fund Financial Statements (Project No. D2022-D000FE-0060.000)

Our planned oversight will begin immediately. The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, requested the audit of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Working Capital Fund Financial Statements. We contracted with the independent public accounting firm of Ernst & Young, LLP, (EY) to audit the DLA Working Capital Fund Financial Statements as of and for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2022, and September 30, 2021. The objective of EY’s audit is to determine whether the FY 2022 DLA Working Capital Fund Financial Statements and related notes are presented fairly and in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The objective of our oversight project is to provide contract oversight of EY’s audit of the DLA Working Capital Fund Financial Statements as of and for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2022, and September 30, 2021, and to determine whether EY complied with applicable auditing standards.

Jan. 4, 2022

Project Announcement: Oversight of the Audit of the FY 2022 Defense Logistics Agency General Fund Financial Statements (Project No. D2022-D000FE-0059.000)

Our planned oversight will begin immediately. The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, requested the audit of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) General Fund Financial Statements. We contracted with the independent public accounting firm of Ernst & Young, LLP, (EY) to audit the DLA General Fund Financial Statements as of and for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2022, and September 30, 2021. The objective of EY’s audit is to determine whether the FY 2022 DLA General Fund Financial Statements and related notes are presented fairly and in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The objective of our oversight project is to provide contract oversight of EY’s audit of the DLA General Fund Financial Statements as of and for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2022, and September 30, 2021, and to determine whether EY complied with applicable auditing standards.

Jan. 4, 2022

Project Announcement: Oversight of the Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 18 Examination of the Defense Agencies Initiative System (Project No. D2022- D000FE-0064.000)

Our planned oversight will begin immediately. The Director of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) requested a Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 18 (SSAE 18) examination of the Defense Agencies Initiative (DAI) system for the period of October 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022. We contracted with the independent public accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP, (EY) to perform the SSAE 18 examination. The objective of EY’s attestation examination is to issue an opinion on the DLA’s description of the DAI system and the suitability of the design and operating effectiveness of the controls to achieve the related control objectives stated in the description. The objective of our project is to provide contract oversight of EY’s attestation examination and determine whether EY complied with the contract and applicable attestation and generally accepted government auditing standards.

Jan. 4, 2022

Project Announcement: Oversight of the Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 18 Examination of the Defense Property Accountability System (Project No. D2022- D000FE-0065.000)

Our planned oversight will begin immediately. The Director of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) requested a Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 18 (SSAE 18) examination of the Defense Property Accountability System (DPAS) for the period of October 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022. We contracted with the independent public accounting firm of Ernst & Young, LLP, (EY) to perform the SSAE 18 examination. The objective of EY’s attestation examination is to issue an opinion on the DLA’s description of DPAS and the suitability of the design and operating effectiveness of the controls to achieve the related control objectives stated in the description. The objective of our project is to provide contract oversight of EY’s attestation examination and determine whether EY complied with the contract and applicable attestation and generally accepted government auditing standards.

Jan. 4, 2022

Project Announcement: Oversight of the Audit of the FY 2022 U.S. Special Operations Command General Fund Financial Statements (Project No. D2022-D000FP-0077.000)

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. We contracted with the independent public accounting firm of Grant Thornton LLP (Grant Thornton) to audit the U.S. Special Operations Command General Fund Financial Statements as of and for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2022, and September 30, 2021. The objective of Grant Thornton’s audit is to determine whether the FY 2022 U.S. Special Operations Command General Fund financial statements and related notes are presented fairly and in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The objective of our oversight project is to provide contract oversight of Grant Thornton’s audit of the U.S. Special Operations Command General Fund Financial Statements for fiscal years ending September 30, 2022, and September 30, 2021, and to determine whether Grant Thornton complied with applicable auditing standards. We will execute the contractor’s audit procedures associated with reviews of transactions and facilities that are Special Access Program, TOP SECRET, and TOP SECRET/Sensitive Compartmented Information and provide an unclassified version of the results of our review to Grant Thornton to use in developing its overall audit conclusions.

Jan. 4, 2022

Project Announcement: Oversight of the FY 2022 Audit of the Department of the Navy Working Capital Fund Financial Statements (Project No. D2022-D000FS-0058.000)

Our planned oversight will begin immediately. The Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990, as amended, requires this audit. In accordance with the Act, the DoD Office of Inspector General is the principal auditor for the Department of the Navy Working Capital Fund Financial Statements. We contracted with the independent public accounting firm of Ernst & Young, LLP (EY) to audit the Department of the Navy Working Capital Fund Financial Statements as of and for fiscal years ending September 30, 2022 and September 30, 2021. The objective of EY’s audit is to determine whether the FY 2022 Department of the Navy Working Capital Fund Financial Statements and related notes are presented fairly and in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The objective of our oversight project is to provide contract oversight of EY's audit of the Department of the Navy Working Capital Fund Financial Statements as of and for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2022, and September 30, 2021, and to determine whether EY complied with applicable auditing standards. We will execute the contractor’s audit procedures associated with reviews of transactions and facilities that are Special Access Programs and TOP SECRET/Sensitive Compartmented Information and provide an unclassified version of the results of our review to EY to use in developing its overall audit conclusions.

Dec. 20, 2021

External Peer Review of the Defense Contract Management Agency Office of Internal Audit and Inspector General (DODIG-2022-046)

Publicly Released: December 22, 2021

This final report provides the results of the DoD Office of Inspector General’s external peer review.

Dec. 16, 2021

Transmittal of the Independent Auditor’s Reports on the Defense Information Systems Agency Working Capital Fund Financial Statements and Related Notes for FY 2021 and FY 2020 (DODIG-2022-044)

Publicly Released: January 3, 2022

This report begins on page 90 of the Defense Information Systems Agency Working Capital Fund Annual Financial Report Fiscal Year 2021.

Dec. 13, 2021

Audit of the Business Model for TransDigm Group Inc. and Its Impact on Department of Defense Spare Parts Pricing (DODIG-2022-043)

Publicly Released: December 13, 2021

The objective of this audit was to determine whether TransDigm Group Inc.'s (TransDigm) business model impacted the DoD's ability to pay fair and reasonable prices for spare parts.