Nov. 22, 2021

Semiannual Report to the Congress – April 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021

Publicly Released: November 23, 2021

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. 15, 2021

Lead Inspector General for Operation Freedom’s Sentinel I Quarterly Report to the United States Congress I July 1, 2021 – September 30, 2021

Publicly Released: November 16, 2021

This Lead Inspector General (Lead IG) report to the United States Congress on Operation Freedom’s Sentinel (OFS) is the 26th quarterly report detailing the overseas contingency operation.  OFS began on January 1, 2015.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, 2021, through September 30, 2021.  

Nov. 12, 2021

Audit of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Border Infrastructure Contract (DODIG-2022-034)

Publicly Released: November 15, 2021

The objective of this audit was to determine whether the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) solicited and awarded contract W912PL-20-C-0004 to design and build border infrastructure in accordance with Federal procurement laws and regulations. The audit included a review of the integrity of the procurement process and of whether there was inappropriate influence associated with contracting decisions.

Nov. 8, 2021

FY 2022 Comprehensive Oversight Plan for Overseas Contingency Operations

This Fiscal Year 2022 (FY 2022) Comprehensive Oversight Plan for Overseas Contingency Operations (COP–OCO) is the seventh annual joint strategic oversight plan submitted to Congress by the Lead Inspector General for Overseas Contingency Operations (Lead IG).  This report describes the Lead IG and partner agencies’ oversight of U.S. activities in support of the ongoing overseas contingency operations.

Nov. 3, 2021

Lead Inspector General for Operation Inherent Resolve Quarterly Report to the United States Congress | July 1, 2021 – September 30, 2021

Publicly Released: November 4, 2021

This is the 27th Lead Inspector General (Lead IG) report to the United States Congress on Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), the overseas contingency operation to combat the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The report covers the period July 1, 2021 – September 30, 2021, summarizes the quarter’s key events and describes completed, ongoing, and planned Lead IG and partner agency oversight work related to OIR.

Oct. 5, 2021

Department of Defense Education Activity Grant Oversight (DODIG-2022-001)

Publicly Released: October 7, 2021

The objective of this audit was to determine whether the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) was verifying that grantees met the terms and conditions of grants. We also determined whether DoDEA was verifying that grantees met the grant interim goals.

July 30, 2021

Lead Inspector General for Operation Inherent Resolve Quarterly Report to the United States Congress | April 1, 2021 – June 30, 2021

Publicly Released: August 3, 2021

This is the 26th Lead Inspector General (Lead IG) report to the United States Congress on Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), the overseas contingency operation to combat the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The report covers the period April 1, 2021 – June 30, 2021, and summarizes the quarter’s key events and describes completed, ongoing, and planned Lead IG and partner agency oversight work related to OIR.

July 21, 2021

Audit of the DoD’s Management of Global Train and Equip Program Resources Provided to U.S. Africa Command Partner Nations (DODIG-2021-102)

Publicly Released: July 23, 2021

The objective of this audit was to determine whether the DoD properly transferred Global Train and Equip program equipment to U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM) partner nations and adequately monitored the equipment to ensure that the equipment was used in accordance with U.S. law, DoD regulations, and transfer agreement terms and conditions.

June 7, 2021

Project Announcement: Evaluation of Combatant Commands Communication Challenges with Foreign Nation Partners during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Mitigation Efforts (Project No. D2021-DEV0PD-0132.000)

We plan to begin the subject evaluation in June 2021. The objective of this evaluation is to determine how U.S. Africa Command, U.S. Central Command, U.S. European Command, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, U.S. Southern Command, and their Component Commands mitigated communication problems with partner nations during the COVID-19 pandemic, document those mitigation strategies, and consider whether these strategies should be employed in future operations where personal interaction is not possible. We may revise the objective as the evaluation proceeds, and we will consider suggestions from management for additional or revised objectives.

May 18, 2021

Evaluation of Combatant Command Counter Threat Finance Activities (DODIG-2021-082)

Publicly Released: May 24, 2021

The objective of this evaluation was to determine whether U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM), U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM), U.S. European Command (USEUCOM), and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) planned and executed counter threat finance (CTF) activities to impact adversaries' ability to use financial networks to negatively affect U.S. interests.