April 16, 2019

Audit of the Identification and Training of DoD’s Operational Contract Support Workforce DODIG-2019-079

The objective of this audit was to determine whether DoD Components incorporated operational contract support (OCS) training into workforce development for military and DoD civilian personnel. We focused on whether the DoD identified the OCS workforce, established OCS training standards, and implemented a strategy to train the OCS workforce.

April 16, 2019

Evaluation of the Oversight of Intelligence Interrogation Approaches and Techniques DODIG-2019-077

We determined whether the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence's, the U.S. Southern Command's, the U.S. Central Command's, and the U.S. Special Operations Command's oversight of intelligence interrogation approaches and techniques adhered to applicable DoD policies and regulations.

April 15, 2019

Project Announcement: External Peer Review of the Defense Contract Audit Agency (Project No. D2019-DEVOS0-0149.000)

We will begin the subject external peer review in April 2019. The Government Auditing Standards (GAS) require that an audit organization performing audits in accordance with GAS undergo an external peer review every three years by an organization that is independent of the organization being reviewed. Our objective is to determine, for the period ending June 30, 2019, whether DCAA' s system of quality control was suitably designed and whether the DCAA complied with it to provide reasonable assurance that DCAA, including its personnel, performed and reported in conformity with applicable professional standards.

April 10, 2019

Project Announcement: Audit of Security Assistance Program Assets (Project No. D2019-D000FP-0139.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in April 2019. Our objective is to determine whether the DoD Components have identified and reported the security assistance program assets to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency and excluded these assets from their financial statements. Additionally, we will determine whether the DoD is recovering its costs for managing and providing security assistance program assets. We will consider suggestions from management on additional or revised objectives.

April 8, 2019

Audit of Payments to the DoD for Medical Services Provided to Department of Veterans Affairs Beneficiaries at Selected Army Medical Centers DODIG-2019-073

We determined whether the Army billed and received payment for services provided to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) beneficiaries under Health Care Sharing Agreements at selected Army medical centers. We conducted this audit in response to allegations that were made to the DoD Hotline.

April 8, 2019

Project Announcement: Audit of Training of Mobile Medical Teams in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and U.S. Africa Command Areas of Responsibility (D2019-D000RJ-0143.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in April 2019. The objective of this audit is to determine whether the Defense Health Agency and the Military Services are providing effective training to mobile medical teams prior to deploying to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and U.S. Africa Command areas of responsibility to improve trauma care.

April 5, 2019

Evaluation of DoD Component Responsibilities for Counterintelligence Support for the Protection of Defense Critical Infrastructure DODIG-2019-071

We determined whether DoD Components assigned responsibilities for counterintelligence (CI) support and managed the Integrated Management Group to protect defense critical infrastructure.

April 2, 2019

Project Announcement: Audit of the Cybersecurity of DoD Additive Manufacturing Systems (Project No. D2019-D000CU-0142.000)

We plan to begin the subject audit in April 2019. The objective of our audit is to determine whether DoD Components are securing additive manufacturing systems and data to prevent unauthorized changes and ensure integrity of design data.

March 29, 2019

Report on Evaluation of Defense Contract Management Agency Contracting Officer Actions on DoD Contractor Executive Compensation Questioned by the Defense Contract Audit Agency DODIG-2019-070

We determined whether the actions taken by Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) contracting officers on DoD contractor executive compensation questioned by Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) complied with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), DoD Instructions, and agency policy.

March 22, 2019

Summary Audit of Systemic Weaknesses in the Cost of War Reports DODIG-2019-066

Our objective was to identify and summarize any systemic weaknesses in the DoD’s accounting for costs associated with ongoing overseas contingency operations (OCOs) identified in six Cost of War (CoW) audit reports issued by the DoD Office of Inspector General (OIG), Army Audit Agency, Naval Audit Service, and Air Force Audit Agency from 2016 through 2018. We considered a weakness systemic when the same or similar issue occurred in two or more DoD Components involved in the CoW reporting process. In addition, we determined the status of recommendations from six CoW audit reports and the actions DoD Components took in response to those recommendations.