The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we are initiating the subject audit in response to allegations to the DoD Hotline. The objective of this audit is to assess the effectiveness of security controls in place to protect the DoD’s Defense Regional Clocks. We may revise the objective as the audit proceeds, and we will also consider suggestions from management for additional or revised objectives. We plan to perform this audit in accordance with the Government Accountability Office’s generally accepted government auditing standards.
We will perform the audit at the Offices of the DoD Chief Information Officer, U.S. Naval Observatory, Defense Information Systems Agency, and select Defense Regional Clock locations. We may identify additional locations during the audit.