Oct. 17, 2022

Project Announcement: External Peer Review of the Defense Logistics Agency, Office of the Inspector General Audit Organization (Project No. D2023-DEV0SO-0007.000)

We plan to begin the subject external peer review in October 2022. The Government Auditing Standards require that an audit organization performing audits undergo an external peer review every 3 years by reviewers that are independent of the organization being reviewed. Our objective is to determine, for the 3-year period ended September 30, 2022, whether the quality control system for the Defense Logistics Agency, Office of the Inspector General audit organization was suitably designed and complied with to provide reasonable assurance that it was performing and reporting in conformity with professional standards and applicable legal and regulatory requirements in all material respects.

Oct. 12, 2022

Management Advisory Regarding the Air Force’s Compliance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (DODIG-2023-003)

Publicly Released: October 13, 2022

The purpose of this management advisory is to provide Air Force leadership with DoD Office of Inspector General findings and recommendations specific to the Air Force’s compliance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014.

Oct. 5, 2022

Quality Control Review of Grant Thornton LLP FY 2020 Single Audit of the United Service Organizations, Inc. (DODIG-2023-001)

Publicly Released: October 7, 2022

The objective of this quality control review was to determine whether Grant Thornton LLP (Grant Thornton) performed the FY 2020 single audit of the United Service Organizations, Inc. (USO) in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards and Federal requirements for single audits.

Oct. 5, 2022

Project Announcement: Audit of DoD Training of Ukrainian Armed Forces (Project No. D2023-D000RH-0003.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in October 2022. The objective of this audit is to determine the extent to which the DoD is training the Ukrainian Armed Forces to operate and maintain U.S.-provided defense articles. We may revise the objective as the audit proceeds, and we will also consider suggestions from management for additional or revised objectives.

Oct. 3, 2022

FY 2023 Comprehensive Oversight Plan for Overseas Contingency Operations

This Fiscal Year 2023 (FY 2023) Comprehensive Oversight Plan for Overseas Contingency Operations (COP–OCO) is the eighth 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 ongoing overseas contingency operations.

Oct. 3, 2022

Project Announcement: Review of the Military Services Policies and Procedures on the Medical Waiver Process for Military Recruiting (Project No. D2023-D0DIEM-0005.000)

We plan to begin the subject review in October 2022. The objective of this review is to determine the extent to which the Services consistently applied the medical waiver process for recruitment. We may revise the objective as the review proceeds, and we will also consider suggestions from management for additional or revised objectives.

Oct. 3, 2022

Project Announcement: Audit of Department of Defense’s Implementation and Oversight of the Controlled Unclassified Information Program (Project No. D2022-D000CR-0177.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in October 2022. We are conducting the audit at the direction of the Senate Armed Services Committee. The objective of this audit is to determine the extent to which the Department of Defense (DoD) developed guidance, conducted training, and oversaw the implementation of the DoD Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Program. We will also review a sample of CUI documents from selected DoD Components and contractors to determine whether the documents are properly marked. We may revise the objective as the audit proceeds, and we will also consider suggestions from management on additional or revised objectives.

Oct. 3, 2022

Project Announcement: Evaluation of Security Controls for Defense Items Transferred to Ukraine within the U.S. European Command Area of Responsibility (Project No. D2023-DEV0PC-0004.000)

We plan to begin the subject evaluation in October 2022. The objective of this evaluation is to determine the extent to which the DoD implemented security controls for defense items transferred to the Government of Ukraine within the U.S. European Command area of responsibility, in accordance with the Defense Transportation Regulations and DoD instructions.

Oct. 3, 2022

Project Announcement: Evaluation of Incurred Cost Audits Performed by Non-Federal Auditors for Compliance with the Government Auditing Standards (Project No. D2023-DEV0SO-0010.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in October 2022. The objective of this evaluation is to determine the extent to which non-Federal auditors complied with the Government Auditing Standards and other professional standards when they performed audits of DoD contractor incurred costs. We may revise the objective as the evaluation proceeds, and we will also consider suggestions from management for additional or revised objectives. To accomplish the objective, we plan to evaluate the non-Federal audits on a representative sample of audits completed from September 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020. We will perform site visits as we deem necessary to accomplish the evaluation objective.

Sept. 30, 2022

Evaluation of the DoD’s Implementation of the Military Leadership Diversity Commission’s 2011 Report Recommendations and the DoD Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan for 2012 to 2017 (DODIG-2022-144)

Publicly Released: October 4, 2022

The objective of this evaluation was to determine the extent to which the DoD implemented the objectives, strategic actions, and initiatives from the Military Leadership Diversity Commission’s 2011 Final Report, “From Representation to Inclusion: Diversity Leadership for the 21st Century Military,” and the “Department of Defense Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan (2012 2017).”