Dec. 10, 2018

Security Controls at DoD Facilities for Protecting Ballistic Missile Defense System Technical Information DODIG-2019-034

We determined whether DoD Components implemented security controls and processes at DoD facilities to protect ballistic missile defense system (BMDS) technical information on classified networks from insider and external cyber threats.

Dec. 4, 2018

Evaluation of Combatant Command Intelligence Directorate Internal Communications Processes DODIG-2019-032

We determined whether the internal communication processes of the geographic combatant command joint intelligence operations centers (JIOCs) had weaknesses similar to the flaws in management processes at U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) as identified in Report No. DODIG-2017-049, “Unclassified Report of Investigation on Allegations Relating to USCENTCOM Intelligence Products,” January 31, 2017 (hereafter, the USCENTCOM Investigation).

Dec. 4, 2018

Project Announcement: External Peer Review of the United States Special Operations Command, Office of the Inspector General, Audit Division (Project No. D2019-DAPOIA-0066.000)

The Office of the Assistant Inspector General for Audit Policy and Oversight will begin the subject review in December 2018. The Government Auditing Standards require that an audit organization performing government audits have an appropriate internal quality control system and undergo an external quality control review every three years by an organization that is independent of the organization being reviewed. Our objective is to determine whether the· quality control program for.the United States Special Operations Command, Office of the Inspector General, Audit Division is designed to provide reasonable assurance that the policies and procedures related to the system of audit quality are suitably designed, operating effectively, and complied with in practice.

Nov. 30, 2018

Semiannual Report to the Congress: April 1, 2018 through September 30, 2018

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. 27, 2018

DoD Task Orders Issued Under One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services Contracts DODIG-2019-029

We determined whether the contractor employees met labor qualifications and whether the DoD was properly charged for task orders issued under the OASIS contracts.

Nov. 19, 2018

Lead Inspector General for Operation Freedom’s Sentinel I Quarterly Report to the United States Congress I July 1, 2018 – September 30, 2018

This Lead Inspector General (Lead IG) report to the United States Congress on Operation Freedom’s Sentinel (OFS) is the 14th quarterly report detailing the overseas contingency operation. The report summarizes significant events involving OFS and describes completed, ongoing, and planned Lead IG and partner agency oversight work. This report covers the period from July 1, 2018, to September 30, 2018.

Nov. 19, 2018

Followup Audit: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Use of Cooperative Agreements for Environmental Compliance DODIG-2019-028

We determined whether DoD Components implemented appropriate corrective actions in accordance with recommendations made in Report No. DODIG-2015-174.

Nov. 16, 2018

Independent Auditor’s Report on the Department of Defense FY 2018 Closing Package Financial Statements DODIG-2019-027

This report should not be distributed without the accompanying financial statements on which it is based.

Nov. 15, 2018

Fiscal Year 2019 Oversight Plan

The Oversight Plan describes our planned oversight projects, linked with one or more of the top management and performance challenges facing the DoD. In this document, we briefly describe the top management and performance challenges facing the DoD and discuss the oversight projects we intend to conduct that relate to each of those challenges.

Nov. 15, 2018

Top DoD Management Challenges – Fiscal Year 2019

The following is the DoD Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) statement on the top management and performance challenges facing the DoD. The DoD OIG identified these challenges based on a variety of factors, including DoD OIG oversight work, research, and judgment; oversight work done by other DoD components; oversight work conducted by the GAO; and input from DoD officials. While we reviewed DoD statements, documents, and assessments of these and other critical issues, we identified these top challenges independently.