Aug. 3, 2020

Project Announcement: Research on FY 2020 National Defense Authorization Act Requirements Related to Military Family Housing (Research Project No. D2020-DEV0SR-0161.000)

We plan to begin our research immediately. The objective of this research is to identify topics for congressionally mandated evaluations related to military family housing oversight. This research will include data gathering and inquiries into plans to meet the intent of FY 2020 National Defense Authorization Act requirements related to military family housing.

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.

July 20, 2020

Project Announcement: Quality Control Review of a Single Audit of Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine's Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2019 (Project No. D2020-DEV0SO-0156.000)

We will be performing a quality control review on the single audit of the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine’s fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, under Project No. D2020-DEV0SO-0156.000. The single audit is required by Title 2 Code of Federal Regulations Part 200, “Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards” (Uniform Guidance). The purpose of our review is to determine whether the audit work was performed in accordance with Federal requirements and applicable auditing standards.

June 10, 2020

Evaluation of the Department of Defense Regional Centers for Security Studies (DODIG-2020-090)

Publicly Released: June 12, 2020

The objective of this evaluation was to review the operations and practices of the DoD Regional Centers for Security Studies related to the vetting of foreign faculty, nondisclosure agreements, travel, and the payment of fees for guest lecturers (honoraria). We also determined whether the DoD and the RCs implemented the recommendations from prior Government Accountability Office oversight report to develop measures of effectiveness.

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.

April 30, 2020

Evaluation of the DoD’s Management of Health and Safety Hazards in Government-Owned and Government-Controlled Military Family Housing (DODIG-2020-082)

Publicly Released: May 4, 2020

The objective of this evaluation was to determine if the DoD effectively managed health and safety hazards in Government owned and Government controlled (GO GC) military family housing.

March 31, 2020

Evaluation of Niger Air Base 201 Military Construction (DODIG-2020-077)

Publicly Released: April 2, 2020 The objective of this evaluation was to determine whether the U.S. Air Force effectively planned, designed, and constructed Air Base 201 in Niger to provide airfield and base support infrastructure in support of U.S. Africa Command operations.

March 31, 2020

Evaluation of Department of Defense Voting Assistance Programs for Calendar Year 2019 (DODIG-2020-076)

Publicly Released: April 2, 2020

In accordance with the requirements of section 1566, title 10, United States Code (10 U.S.C § 1566 [2014]), as amended, the objective of our evaluation was to report on, the effectiveness of voting assistance programs during the preceding calendar year; and the level of compliance with the voting assistance programs of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps during the preceding calendar year.

March 24, 2020

Evaluation of the Department of Defense’s Handling of Incidents of Sexual Assault Against (or Involving) Cadets at the United States Military Academy (DODIG-2020-073)

Publicly Released: March, 26, 2020

The objectives of this evaluation were to determine whether United States Military Academy (USMA) Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention (SHARP) Office personnel provided SHARP services to cadet victims of sexual assault as required by DoD and Army policy; United States Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID) agents investigated reports of sexual assaults involving cadet victims in accordance with DoD, Army, and CID policy; USMA commanders and decision makers retaliated against cadet victims by separating them from the USMA for reporting sexual assault; and the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USD[P&R]) annually reported the correct number of cadet victim reports of sexual assaults to Congress.

March 17, 2020

Quality Control Review of the Defense Contract Audit Agency and Deloitte & Touche Fiscal Year 2016 Single Audit of the Aerospace Corporation (DODIG-2020-070)

Publicly Released: March 19, 2020

We determined whether the Defense Contract Audit Agency and Deloitte & Touche LLP performed the FY 2016 single audit of the Aerospace Corporation in accordance with auditing standards and Federal requirements.