May 22, 2025

Management Advisory: The Military Services Should Fully Comply with DoD Requirements When Responding to Complaints Related to Harassment over Electronic Communications or Social Media (Report No. DODIG-2025-104)

This final management advisory provides the results of the DoD Office of Inspector General’s “Evaluation of the Military Services’ Response to Complaints Related to Harassment Over Electronic Communications or Social Media.” We previously provided copies of the draft management advisory and requested written comments on the recommendations. We considered management’s comments on the draft management advisory when preparing the final advisory. Based on the management comments received, we revised Recommendation 2 and added two additional recommendations. We also revised Recommendations 1 through 3 to add “justification” as an option. The management comments are included in this advisory. Additionally, based on exit conference discussions with Military Service officials we added Recommendation 5 for implementation by the Under Secretary of Defense for Personal and Readiness. This advisory includes five recommendations: one is unresolved, two are resolved and open, and two are closed.

May 6, 2025

Unclassified Summary of Report No. DODIG‑2025-093, “Audit of Army Prepositioned Stock”

The objective of this audit was to determine whether the Army effectively managed the storage, maintenance, and accountability of Army Prepositioned Stock–4 (APS-4) in accordance with Federal and DoD requirements.

May 5, 2025

Project Announcement: Evaluation of Sealift Support to the U.S. Navy in a Non-Permissive Environment (Project No. D2025-DEV0PE-0105.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we are initiating the subject evaluation. The objective of this evaluation is to assess the effectiveness with which the Military Sealift Command can provide in-theater logistical support to Navy ships during operations in the Western Pacific Ocean.

May 5, 2025

Project Announcement: Evaluation of DoD and Military Department Efforts to Implement FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act Requirements for Fentanyl (Project No. D2025-DEV0HD-0112.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we are initiating the subject evaluation. The objective of this evaluation is to determine the extent to which the DoD and Military Departments have implemented the FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act requirements to (1) have naloxone readily available on all military installations and in operational environments, and (2) establish a standardized tracking system for naloxone distribution and personnel’s illegal use of fentanyl.

May 5, 2025

Evaluation of the DoD’s and Military Departments’ Policies Regarding Responses to Allegations of Abuse at Child Development Centers (Report No. DODIG‑2025‑094)

The objective of this evaluation was to assess the effectiveness with which the DoD and Military Departments developed policies and procedures for identifying and reporting allegations of child abuse at military‑operated child development centers (CDCs). This is the first of two evaluations on CDCs. A subsequent evaluation will focus on the DoD’s and Military Departments’ implementation of policies to verify that child abuse allegations were appropriately addressed at select CDCs.

April 30, 2025

Audit Of DoD Management of Hazardous Waste Disposals In Japan (Report No. DODIG-2025-088)

The objective of the audit was to determine whether the Military Services in Japan provided oversight over and processed hazardous waste disposals in accordance with DoD requirements.

April 3, 2025

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the Secretary of Defense's Reported Use of a Commercially Available Messaging Application for Official Business (Project No. D2025-DEVOPC-0095.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we are initiating the subject evaluation. We are conducting this evaluation in response to a March 26, 2025 letter I received from the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, requesting that I conduct an inquiry into recent public reporting on the Secretary of Defense's use of an unclassified commercially available messaging application to discuss information pertaining to military actions in Yemen in March 2025.

March 18, 2025

Evaluation of DoD Voting Assistance Programs for Calendar Year 2024 ( Report No. DODIG-2025-079 )

The objective of this evaluation was to assess the effectiveness of the Military Services’ voting assistance programs based on 2024 annual reviews by the respective Service Offices of Inspector General (OIGs), and in accordance with section 1566, title 10, United States Code, 2020, as amended.

March 17, 2025

Project Announcement: Audit of Air Quality Concerns at Chabelley Airfield, Djibouti (Project No. D2025-D000RJ-0083.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we are initiating the subject audit. We are conducting this audit in response to allegations made to the DoD Hotline. The objective of this audit is to assess the effectiveness of Air Force and the U.S. Africa Command’s plans to mitigate air quality issues at Chabelley Airfield, Djibouti.

March 10, 2025

Evaluation of the DoD’s Validation of Repair Parts Requested by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Report No.DODIG-2025-075)

The objective of this evaluation was to determine the effectiveness of DoD Component accounting of repair parts provided to the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) and the process for verifying the need for new repair parts requested by the UAF to maintain military equipment provided by the DoD.