May 3, 2021

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the DoD’s Actions Regarding the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (Project No. D2021-DEV0SN-0116.000)

We plan to begin the subject evaluation in May 2021. The objective of this evaluation is to determine the extent to which the DoD has taken actions regarding Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP). We may revise the objective as the evaluation proceeds, and we will consider suggestions from management for additional or revised objectives. We will perform the evaluation at the Offices of the Secretary of Defense, Military Services, Combatant Commands, Combat Support Agencies, Defense Agencies, and the Military Criminal Investigative Organizations. We may identify additional locations during the evaluation.

Oct. 19, 2020

Project Announcement: Military Criminal Investigative Organization’s Major Procurement Fraud Program Review (Project No. D2021-DEV0SV-0019.000)

The DoD Office of Inspector General will conduct an evaluation of Military Criminal Investigative Organization’s (MCIO) Major Procurement Fraud (MPF) programs. The objective of this evaluation is to determine whether the major procurement fraud investigations comply with Department, Service, and MCIO policy.

Sept. 4, 2020

Evaluation of the Department of Defense and Department of Defense Education Activity Responses to Incidents of Serious Juvenile-on-Juvenile Misconduct on Military Installations (DODIG-2020-127)

Publicly Released: September 9, 2020 The objectives of this evaluation were to determine whether the DoD and DoD Education Activity have adequate policies and procedures to respond to incidents of serious juvenile-on-juvenile misconduct, including sexual assault and sexual harassment; and referred serious juvenile-on-juvenile misconduct incidents to DoD law enforcement organizations and military and civilian child advocacy and health services.

July 27, 2020

Project Announcement: Research on DoD Law Enforcement Organizations’ Responses to Active Shooter and Workplace Violence Incidents (Project No. D2020-DEV0SV-0154.000)

The Office of Inspector General is researching the DoD law enforcement organizations’ response to active shooter and workplace violence incidents. This research project will collect policy and guidance documents, training documents, response plans, and a list of previous active shooter and workplace violence investigations from USD (I&S), each of the military service’s law enforcement organizations, and military criminal investigative organizations to further define the scope of a potential future evaluation.

June 3, 2020

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the DoD’s Handling of Incidents of Sexual Assault Against (or Involving) Midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy (Project No. D2020- DEV0SV-0126.000)

In response to congressional inquiries regarding sexual assaults and victim care at the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA), the Office of Inspector General is conducting a series of evaluations of the sexual assault prevention and response programs at the USAFA, United States Military Academy (USMA), and United States Naval Academy (USNA). The first evaluation was the USAFA and documented in our report DODIG-2019-125, September 30, 2019. The second evaluation was the USMA and documented in our report DODIG-2020-073, March 24, 2020.

Feb. 21, 2020

Evaluation of DoD Law Enforcement Organization Submissions of Criminal History Information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (DODIG-2020-064)

Publicly Released: February 25, 2020

The objective of our evaluation was to determine whether the DoD and its law enforcement organizations (LEOs) complied with Federal law and DoD policy for submitting the following DoD criminal history information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for entry into its criminal history databases.

April 19, 2019

Evaluation of Military Services’ Law Enforcement Responses to Domestic Violence Incidents DODIG-2019-075

We determined whether Military Service law enforcement policies related to responding to domestic violence incidents were consistent with DoD Instruction (DoDI) 6400.06,“Domestic Abuse Involving DoD Military and Certain Affiliated Personnel,” August 31, 2007, (Incorporating Change 2, July 9, 2015); and Military Service law enforcement organizations complied with DoD policy when responding to nonsexual domestic violence incidents with adult victims.

Dec. 5, 2017

Evaluation of Fingerprint Card and Final Disposition Report Submissions by Military Service Law Enforcement Organizations DODIG-2018-035

The objective of our evaluation was to determine whether all Military Services Law Enforcement Organizations (LEOs) had submitted fingerprint cards and final disposition reports for Military Service members convicted by court-martial of qualifying offenses, as required by DoD instruction. We reviewed these submissions for the period from January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2016.

Sept. 21, 2017

Project Announcement: Evaluation of DoD Law Enforcement Responses to Domestic Assault Incidents (Project No. 2017C013)

The DoD Office of the Inspector General (OIG) will evaluate whether the Military Services’ (Army/Navy/Marine Corps/Air Force) law enforcement agencies (Military Criminal Investigative Organizations [MCIOs] and non-MCIOs) respond to domestic assault (non-sexual) incidents in accordance with DoD Instruction (DoDI) 6400.06, “Domestic Abuse Involving DoD Military and Certain Affiliated Personnel,” August 21, 2007.

Aug. 18, 2017

Evaluation of Military Criminal Investigative Organizations’ Closed Death Investigations Concluding in Suicide as the Manner of Death DODIG-2017-110

We evaluated 188 Military Criminal Investigative Organization (MCIO) death investigations concluding in suicide as the manner of death opened on or after January 1, 2014, and closed on or before December 31, 2015, to determine whether the investigations were completed in accordance with DoD, Military Service, and MCIO guidance.