Nov. 23, 2020

Project Announcement: Audit of Active Duty Service Member Alcohol Abuse Screening and Access to Care for Treatment (Project No. D2021-D000AW-0036.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in November 2020. The objective of this audit is to determine whether the Defense Health Agency and the Military Departments are effectively screening and providing adequate access to care for treatment of alcohol abuse for active duty service members according to DoD guidance. We may revise the objective as the audit proceeds, and we will also consider suggestions from management for additional or revised objectives.

Nov. 19, 2020

Top DoD Management Challenges – Fiscal Year 2021

The Top DoD Management Challenges document identifies the top management and performance challenges impacting the DoD for FY 2021 and beyond.  Each Inspector General is required by law to prepare this annual statement summarizing what the IG considers the “most serious management and performance challenges facing the agency.”  This report provides Congress and the DoD’s civilian and military leaders an independent assessment of the management and performance challenges confronting the DoD.  Finally, the Top DoD Management Challenges document must be included in the DoD’s annual financial report.

Nov. 16, 2020

Independent Auditor's Report on the Department of Defense FY 2020 and FY 2019 Basic Financial Statements (DODIG-2021-028)

This report begins on page 75 of the United States Department of Defense Agency Financial Report, Fiscal Year 2020.

Nov. 13, 2020

Transmittal of the Independent Auditor’s Reports on the Defense Logistics Agency Working Capital Fund Financial Statements and Related Notes for FY 2020 and FY 2019 (DODIG-2021-026)

This report begins on page 46 of the Defense Logistics Agency Working Capital Fund Fiscal Year 2020 Agency Financial Report.

Nov. 13, 2020

Lead Inspector General for Operation Freedom’s Sentinel I Quarterly Report to the United States Congress I July 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020

Publicly Released: November 17, 2020

This Lead Inspector General (Lead IG) report to the United States Congress on Operation Freedom’s Sentinel (OFS) is the 22nd 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, 2020, through September 30, 2020.

Nov. 13, 2020

Transmittal of the Independent Auditor’s Reports on the Defense Logistics Agency General Fund Financial Statements and Related Notes for FY 2020 and FY 2019 (DODIG-2020-027)

This report begins on page 46 of the Defense Logistics Agency General Fund Fiscal Year 2020 Agency Financial Report.

Nov. 13, 2020

Transmittal of the Independent Auditor’s Reports on the Defense Logistics Agency National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund Financial Statements and Related Notes for FY 2020 and FY 2019 (DODIG-2021-025)

This report begins on page 40 of the Defense Logistics Agency Transaction Fund Fiscal Year 2020 Agency Financial Report. This report may be viewed here https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/J8Finance/DLA%20FY20%20TF%20AFR.pdf

Nov. 12, 2020

Audit of the Accuracy of the Improper Payment Estimates Reported for the Mechanization of Contract Administration Services System (DODIG-2021-024)

Publicly Released: November 16, 2020

The objective of this audit was to determine whether the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) accurately identified and reported improper payments from payments processed through the Mechanization of Contract Administration Services system (MOCAS).

Nov. 9, 2020

Transmittal of the Independent Auditor’s Reports on the DoD Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund Financial Statements and Related Notes for FY 2020 and FY 2019 (DODIG-2021-013)

DODIG-2021-013 is part of the Fiscal Year 2020 Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund Audited Financial Report and should not be issued without that information. Our transmittal begins on page 63/81.

Nov. 9, 2020

Transmittal of the Independent Auditor’s Report on the DoD Military Retirement Fund Financial Statements and Related Notes for FY 2020 and FY 2019 (DODIG-2021-020)

This report begins on page 29/70 of the Fiscal Year 2020 Military Retirement Fund Audited Financial Report. This report may be viewed here, https://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/Documents/afr/fy2020/DoD_Components/2020_AFR_MRF.pdf