The objective of this evaluation was to assess the extent to which the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USD[P&R]) and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (USD[A&S]) have taken actions to implement longstanding healthcare‑related recommendations issued by the DoD Office of Inspector General.
We conducted this follow-up evaluation to determine the status of 10 longstanding open healthcare-related recommendations directed to either the USD(P&R) or the USD(A&S) in five DoD OIG reports that were published at least 3 years ago. The DoD OIG reports are Report No. DODIG-2015-002, “Assessment of DoD-Provided Healthcare for Members of the United States Armed Forces Reserve Components,” October 8, 2014; Report No. DODIG-2015-016, “Department of Defense Suicide Event Report (DoDSER) Data Quality Assessment,” November 14, 2014; Report No. DODIG-2017-038, “Assessment of Warriors in Transition Program Oversight,” December 31, 2016; Report No. DODIG-2020-133, “Evaluation of Department of Defense Medical Treatment Facility Challenges During the Coronavirus Disease–2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic,” September 30, 2020; and Report No. DODIG-2021-126, “Evaluation of the Department of Defense’s Mitigation of Foreign Suppliers in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain,” September 20, 2021.