April 16, 2025

Management Advisory: The DoD’s FY 2024 Compliance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (Report No. DODIG-2025-086)

This management advisory provides recommendations related to the DoD Office of Inspector General’s review of the DoD’s compliance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA), which we announced on December 11, 2023 (Project No. D2024 D000CP 0043.000). However, the results in this management advisory do not fully represent all the requirements for each metric or the DoD’s overall FISMA rating.

April 15, 2025

Evaluation of the U.S. Navy’s Efforts to Prevent and Respond to Incidents of Deaths by Suicide, Suicide Attempts, and Suicidal Ideation (Report No. DODIG-2025-085)

We assessed and summarized the Navy’s efforts to prevent and respond to suicide related incidents on six specific topics, as required by section 599A of the FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

April 14, 2025

Project Announcement: Follow-up Evaluation of Longstanding Healthcare-Related Recommendations (Project No. D2025-DEV0HD-0101.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we plan to begin the subject follow-up evaluation in April 2025. The objective of this follow-up evaluation is to assess the extent to which the DoD has taken actions to implement longstanding healthcare-related recommendations issued by the DoD Office of Inspector General.

April 14, 2025

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the Navy’s Future Sailor Preparatory Course (Project No. D2025-DEV0HA-0089.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we are initiating the subject evaluation. The objective of this evaluation is to determine whether the U.S. Navy’s Future Sailor Preparatory Course effectively prepared participants to meet or exceed minimum DoD enlistment standards.

April 11, 2025

Evaluation of DoD Roles and Processes Leading up to the July 2023 Basing Decision for the U.S. Space Command (Report No. DODIG-2025-084)

The objective of this evaluation was to determine the roles and processes of DoD leadership prior to the decision to base the U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM) headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

April 10, 2025

Audit of Department of Defense Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Contract Awards (Report No. DODIG-2025-083)

The objective of this audit is to determine whether DoD contracting officials awarded lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) contracts in accordance with Federal laws and DoD policies and regulations.

April 7, 2025

Project Announcement: Summary External Peer Review of the Naval Audit Service (Project No. D2025-DEV0SO-0096.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we are initiating the subject external peer review. The Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, requires the DoD Office of Inspector General to conduct, or approve arrangements for the conduct of, external peer review reviews of DoD agencies in accordance with Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS).

April 7, 2025

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the DoD's Capabilities to Effectively Carry out Joint Petroleum Over the Shore Operations in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Area of Responsibility (Project No. D2025-DEV0HC-0087.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we plan to begin the subject evaluation in April 2025.

April 4, 2025

Management Advisory: Air Force Actions to Identify and Respond to Harassment of Service Members (Report No. DODIG-2025-082)

This final management advisory identifies observations made during the DoD Office of Inspector General’s (DoD OIG) “Evaluation of the Air Force’s Actions to Identify and Respond to Harassment of Service Members.” We previously provided copies of the draft management advisory and requested written comments on the recommendations. We considered management’s comments on the draft management advisory when preparing the final advisory. The management comments are included in this advisory.

April 3, 2025

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the Secretary of Defense's Reported Use of a Commercially Available Messaging Application for Official Business (Project No. D2025-DEVOPC-0095.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we are initiating the subject evaluation. We are conducting this evaluation in response to a March 26, 2025 letter I received from the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, requesting that I conduct an inquiry into recent public reporting on the Secretary of Defense's use of an unclassified commercially available messaging application to discuss information pertaining to military actions in Yemen in March 2025.