Evaluation of DoD Force Health Protection Measures During Operation United Assistance (OUA).This evaluation summarizes force health protection observations and lessons learned in six areas that could have applicability in future contingency operations. This is the second of two reports on force health protection during Operation United Assistance (the Ebola crisis in West Africa).

U.S. Transportation Command Oversight of Contractor Performance on Contract HTC711-14-D-R025. This audit determines whether U.S. Transportation Command contracting personnel incorporated adequate controls to properly monitor contractor performance and to address performance concerns on the Global Privately Owned Vehicle Contract III (transportation and storage services for privately owned vehicles for military service members and federal civilians). This audit is in response to a congressional request.

Air Force Contractor Performance Assessment Reports for Nonsystems Contracts.This audit determines whether Air Force officials completed comprehensive and timely contractor performance assessment reports for nonsystems contracts [e.g., service, information technology, operations support, and science and technology contracts], as required by federal and DoD policies.

Contractor Profit on Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex Depot Labor.This audit determines if depot labor profit is being effectively negotiated on contracts using public-private partnerships at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District Monitoring of a Hurricane Sandy Contract Needs Improvement (Report No.DODIG-2016-028). This audit determined that contractor performance was not effectively monitored on a Hurricane Sandy contract. As a result, the government was at risk of the dredging work not being completed accurately because theprocuring contracting officer and the contracting officer representative did not effectively ensure that the contractor complied with the terms and conditions of the contract.

Defense Logistics Agency’s Materiel Returns Program Could Be Managed More Effectively (Report No. DODIG-2016-027). This audit determined Defense Logistics Agency did not effectively manage the Materiel Returns program at the wholesale level. Supply planners could not provide adequate support for rejecting customer return requests that the Defense Logistics Agency concurrently purchased. As a result, the Defense Logistics Agency missed potential opportunities to satisfy backorders and offset or delay procurements for $9.3 million worth of material and customers were denied the opportunity to receive a credit for returning excess materiel.

Evaluation of the Military Criminal Investigative Organizations’ (MCIO) Violent Crime Investigative Compliance Oversight Management and Inspection Programs (Report No. DODIG-2016-030). This evaluation determined that MCIO investigative compliance oversight and inspection programs met DoD and military service requirements and that the MCIOs were executing the programs as required. However, improvements to MCIO policy and internal oversight would promote more efficient compliance.

Summary Report on Audit Quality at the DoD Audit Organizations (Report No. DODIG-2016-031). This assessment summarized deficiencies identified in 19 DoD audit organizations’ peer review reports. The report highlights systemic issues across the DoD audit organizations, and can be used to share lessons learned and as a training tool to improve systems of quality control.

Management of Items in DLA Long-Term Storage Needs Improvement (Report No. DODIG-2016-036). This audit determined that the Defense Logistics Agency stored items in long-term storage inventory that exceeded historical demand and therefore incurred costs to store $169.5 million in excess inventory. In addition, the Defense Logistics Agency did not identify all long-term storage inventory that could have been reused, resulting in $17.9 million worth of unnecessary inventory purchases from contractors in 2014.

Defendant Sentenced for Procurement Fraud, Embezzlement, and Tax Evasion On December 3, 2015, Joanne Tucker, also known as Joanne Krcma, Jill Swanson, and Jocelyn Turner, was sentenced to a year and a day in prison and three years of supervised release for fraud and tax evasion. Tucker was ordered to pay restitution of $1.6 million for employee benefit fraud, $492,961 for tax evasion, and to forfeit $30 million and a residence. Tucker and her husband controlled two labor service companies. From 2007 through 2013, the Tuckers and their co-conspirators made false representations to the government regarding their companies, resulting in fraudulent contract awards of at least $30 million. Shaun Tucker and co-conspirator, Jonathan Mickle, previously pleaded guilty for their roles in the scheme. This was a joint investigation with the Department of Labor (DOL), Office of Inspector General (OIG); the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation; DOL Employee Benefits Security Administration; the Small Business Administration OIG; and the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI).

Army Sergeant Sentenced for Conspiracy in Afghanistan Bribery Scheme On December 10, 2015, Ramiro Pena Jr., an Army sergeant, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for conspiracy to commit bribery while serving at the Humanitarian Assistance Yard at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. From January 2008 through September 2009, Pena and his supervisor, Army Master Sergeant Jimmy Dennis, awarded approximately 217 contracts to local supply vendors totaling roughly $30.8 million. In exchange for contracts, Pena and Dennis received bribe money and jewelry from some of the vendors. Pena was ordered to forfeit $100,000, a Rolex watch that he received as a bribe, and a Harley Davidson motorcycle which he purchased with bribe money. Dennis previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to launder bribe payments and was sentenced to 41 months in prison and ordered to forfeit $115,000. This was a joint investigation with the FBI, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, and AFOSI.

Quality Control Review of the U.S. Special Operations Command, Office of the Inspector General, Audit Organization. The objective of this evaluation is to conduct a peer review of the organization’s audit quality control system.

Assessment of DoD Voting Assistance Programs for Calendar Year 2015.The objective of this assessment is in accordance. with Section 1566, title 10, United States Code, requiring the Department of Defense Inspector General to submit to Congress, not later than March 31 each year, a report on the effectiveness of the DoD voting assistance program.

Audit of Air Force Price Reasonableness Determination for Raytheon's Subcontractor Costs from Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems. The objective of this audit is to determine whether the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center and Raytheon properly evaluated Northrop Grumman Electronic System’s subcontract pricing proposal after awarding an undefinitized contract action to Raytheon for the operation, testing, and repair of advanced countermeasures electronic systems line replaceable units and spare parts. Specifically, the audit will determine if the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center and Raytheon properly supported the fair and reasonableness price determination.