Jan. 4, 2022

Project Announcement: Oversight of the FY 2022 Audit of the U.S. Navy General Fund Financial Statements (Project No. D2022-D000FS-0068.000)

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 U.S. Navy (Navy) General Fund Financial Statements. We contracted with the independent public accounting firm of Ernst & Young, LLP (EY) to audit the Navy General 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 Navy 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 Navy General Fund Financial Statements as of and for 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.

Jan. 4, 2022

Project Announcement: Oversight of the FY 2023 Audit of the U.S. Marine Corps General Fund Financial Statements (Project No. D2022-D000FS-0067.000)

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 U.S. Marine Corps General Fund Financial Statements. We contracted with the independent public accounting firm of Ernst & Young, LLP (EY) to audit the U.S. Marine Corps General Fund Financial Statements as of and for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023. The objective of EY’s audit is to determine whether the FY 2023 U.S. Marine Corps 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 U.S. Marine Corps General Fund Financial Statements as of and for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, 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.

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.

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 Audit of the FY 2022 U.S. Transportation Command Working Capital Fund Financial Statements (Project No. D2022-D000FL-0057.000)

Our planned oversight will begin immediately. The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, requested the audit of the U.S. Transportation Command Working Capital Fund Financial Statements. We contracted with the independent public accounting firm of Cotton & Company LLP (Cotton & Co.) to audit the U.S. Transportation Command Financial Statements as of and for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2022, and September 30, 2021. The objective of Cotton & Co.’s audit is to determine whether the FY 2022 U.S. Transportation Command Working Capital Fund Basic 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 Cotton & Co.’s audit of the U.S. Transportation Command Working Capital Fund Basic Financial Statements as of and for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2022, and September 30, 2021, and to determine whether Cotton & Co. complied with applicable auditing standards.

Jan. 4, 2022

Project Announcement: Oversight of the Audits of the FY 2022 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sub-Allotted Funds Financial Statements (Project No. D2022-D000FI-0041.000)

Our planned oversight will begin immediately. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers management requested the audits of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sub-Allotted Funds Financial Statements. We contracted with the independent public accounting firm of KPMG LLP (KPMG) to audit financial statements as of and for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2022, and September 30, 2021, for the funds sub-allotted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers by the following DoD entities.

Jan. 4, 2022

Project Announcement: Oversight of the Audit of the FY 2022 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers–Civil Works Financial Statements (Project No. D2022-D000FI-0040.000)

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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers–Civil Works Financial Statements. We contracted with the independent public accounting firm of KPMG LLP (KPMG) to audit the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers–Civil Works Financial Statements as of and for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2022, and September 30, 2021. The objective of KPMG’s audit is to determine whether the FY 2022 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers–Civil Works 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 KPMG’s audit of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Civil Works Financial Statements as of and for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2022, and September 30, 2021, and to determine whether KPMG complied with applicable auditing standards.

Jan. 3, 2022

Project Announcement: Audit of the Military Service Recruiting Organizations’ Efforts to Screen Applicants for Supremacist, Extremist, and Criminal Gang Behavior (Project No. D2022-D000RG-0052.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in January 2022. The objective of this audit is to determine whether Military Service recruiting organizations screened applicants for supremacist, extremist, and criminal gang behavior, according to DoD and Military Service policies and procedures. We may revise the objective as the audit proceeds, and we will also consider suggestions from management for additional or revised objectives.

Dec. 20, 2021

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the Operation, Maintenance, Safety, and Oversight of the Navy's Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility (Project No. D2022-DEV0SR-0051.000)

We plan to begin this congressionally requested evaluation in December 2021. The objective of this evaluation is to determine the extent that Navy officials managed the operation, maintenance, safety, and oversight of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, and protected the environment and drinking water systems, in compliance with Federal and state regulations and DoD policy. We may revise the objective as the evaluation proceeds.

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.