April 6, 2020

COVID-19 Expenditures — Lessons Learned Regarding Awareness of Potential Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Risk

On April 6, the DoD OIG shared the COVID-19 Expenditures — Lessons Learned Regarding Awareness of Potential Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Risk memorandum with DoD leaders to share best practices and lessons learned during previous oversight work. We believe that this document can help the DoD use CARES Act funds effectively, while at the same time seeking to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse.

Feb. 14, 2020

Lead Inspector General for Operation Freedom’s Sentinel I Quarterly Report to the United States Congress I October 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019

Publicly Released: February 19, 2020

This Lead Inspector General (Lead IG) report to the United States Congress on Operation Freedom’s Sentinel (OFS) is the 19th quarterly report detailing the overseas contingency operation. The report summarizes significant events involving OFS and describes completed, ongoing, and planned Lead IG and partner agency oversight work. This report covers the period from October 1, 2019, to December 31, 2019.

Jan. 29, 2020

lnteragency Coordination Group of Inspectors General for Guam Realignment Annual Report

Public Law 111-84, “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010,” section 2835, October 28, 2009, designates the DoD Inspector General as the chairperson of the Interagency Coordination Group of Inspectors General for Guam Realignment.

Nov. 4, 2019

Fiscal Year 2020 Oversight Plan

The Oversight Plan describes the specific oversight projects the DoD OIG intends to conduct in FY 2020, and how those projects are related to the top management challenges facing the DoD. The Oversight Plan and Top DoD Management Challenges documents are related. The Oversight Plan is organized by management challenge. Each chapter provides a summary of a particular challenge, followed by an inventory of the ongoing and planned oversight projects that directly align to that challenge. The Oversight Plan assists the DoD OIG in fulfilling its mission to detect and deter waste, fraud, and abuse in DoD programs and operations; improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the DoD; and help ensure ethical conduct throughout the DoD.

Sept. 30, 2019

Audit of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Oversight of Contracts for Repair and Restoration of the Electric Power Grid in Puerto Rico DODIG-2019-128

Publicly released: October 3, 2019 We determined whether the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers properly monitored contractor labor hours and accurately reviewed and paid invoices for the Puerto Rico power grid repair and restoration contracts in accordance with Federal and DoD guidance.

Feb. 4, 2019

Lead Inspector General for Operation Inherent Resolve I Quarterly Report to the United States Congress I October 1, 2018 – December 31, 2018

This is the 16th Lead Inspector General (Lead IG) report to the United States Congress on Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), the overseas contingency operation (OCO) to combat the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The report covers the period October 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018, and summarizes the quarter’s key events and provides information on the status of OIR. The report also describes completed, ongoing, and planned Lead IG and partner agency oversight work related to OIR.

Nov. 5, 2018

Lead Inspector General for Operation Inherent Resolve I Quarterly Report to the United States Congress I July 1, 2018 - September 30, 2018

This is the 15th Lead Inspector General (Lead IG) report to the United States Congress on Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), the overseas contingency operation to combat the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The report covers the period July 1, 2018, to September 30, 2018, and summarizes the quarter’s key events and describes completed, ongoing, and planned Lead IG and partner agency oversight work related to OIR. This report also includes a brief overview on three other OCOs designated as such on February 9, 2018: Operation Yukon Journey, the Northwest Africa Counterterrorism operation and the East Africa Counterterrorism operation.

May 31, 2018

Semiannual Report to the Congress: October 1, 2017 through March 31, 2018

The Semiannual Report to the Congress summarizing the work of the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) from October 1, 2017, through March 31, 2018, has been issued.

May 10, 2018

Department of the Navy Qualified Recycling Programs DODIG-2018-117

We determined whether the Department of the Navy (DON) provided adequate oversight of its qualified recycling programs (QRPs).

May 9, 2018

DoD FY 2017 Compliance With the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act Requirements DODIG-2018-115

We determined whether the DoD complied with the requirements of the “Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010” (IPERA), July 22, 2010, in its reporting of FY 2017 improper payments.