Inspector General Robert P. Storch announced today that the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) released the “Management Advisory: DoD’s Ability to Financially Report Joint Strike Fighter Inventory.” The purpose of this management advisory is to report on issues related to the accounting and reporting of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program inventory, collected during the DoD Agency-Wide Financial Statements audit. During the audit the DoD OIG found that the F-35 JSF Program Office did not have a valid population of JSF inventory.

Inspector General (IG) Robert P. Storch announced today that the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) released a “Special Report: Lessons Learned from DoD OIG Reports to Inform the DoD’s Ukraine Response.” The special report highlights lessons learned from the DoD OIG’s previous body of oversight work that may help to inform the DoD’s Ukraine response efforts. The report identifies lessons learned related to facility physical security, maintenance operations, equipment storage, supply chain management, and contract pricing and oversight.

Inspector General Robert P. Storch announced today that the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) released a special report on the “Review of DoD OIG-Issued Reports Related to Protecting Classified Information.” The classified report highlights lessons learned and best practices related to cyber and physical security weaknesses identified in previously issued audit and evaluation reports.

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we plan to begin the subject external peer review in July 2023. The Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, states the DoD Office of Inspector General will conduct, or approve arrangements for the conduct of, external peer reviews of DoD agencies in accordance with the Government Auditing Standards.

Publicly Released: August 1, 2023

The objective of this audit was to determine whether DoD contracting officials included the required whistleblower clauses in contracts and ensured that DoD contractors were compliant with the requirement to inform employees in writing of their whistleblower rights and protections.

Publicly Released: July 31, 2023

The objective of this audit was to determine whether the DoD managed and accounted for the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) tokens used to access the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet) in accordance with Federal and DoD Guidance. We performed this audit in response to a request from the Acting Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E;) and to address the allegation submitted to the DoD Hotline.

A federal jury in the Northern District of Texas convicted the owner of several compounding pharmacies today for paying illegal marketing kickbacks involving TRICARE, a federal program that provides health insurance benefits to active duty and retired service members and their families. He was also convicted of a conspiracy to launder the proceeds of the unlawful activity.

American States Utility Services, Inc. (ASUS), located in San Dimas, California, agreed to pay $600,000 to settle allegations that it violated the federal False Claims Act by submitting inflated price estimates to the government.

The owner of Conclave Media (Conclave) and Nationwide Health Advocates (Nationwide) has been charged and has agreed to plead guilty in connection with a $44 million telemedicine fraud scheme involving medically unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME), including orthotics such as back and knee braces, and genetic tests.