Leo FitzHarris, Assistant Inspector General for Strategic Planning and Performance, discusses the FY 2021 Top DoD Management Challenges with Tom Temin on Federal Drive. Click here to listen to the interview.

The DoD OIG newsletter summarizes the reports and investigations released by the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General in the previous month and those we anticipate releasing in the coming month.

The Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, requires the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) to prepare semiannual reports summarizing its activities for the preceding 6-month period. These semiannual reports are intended to keep the Secretary of Defense and Congress fully informed of significant findings, progress the DoD has made relating to those findings, and recommendations for improvement.

This report begins on page 97 of the Department of the Navy Fiscal Year 2020 Agency Financial Report.

This report begins on page 187 of the Department of the Navy Fiscal Year 2020 Agency Financial Report.

This report contains controlled unclassified information. To file a Freedom of Information Act Request, please submit a request to FOIA Online.

SHERMAN, Texas - Two individuals have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obtain information from a protected computer in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today. Demetrius Cervantes, 46, of McKinney, Texas, and Amanda Lowry, 40, of Sherman, Texas, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obtain information from a protected computer on Dec. 3, 2020, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Christine A. Nowak. Their co-conspirator, Lydia Henslee, 29, of Denison, Texas, faces additional charges.

A Hampton-based business owner and four employees have all pleaded guilty to engaging in an extensive procurement fraud scheme involving millions of dollars in government contracts targeting the Department of Defense and other federal government agencies. According to court documents, from 2011 to 2018, Iris Kim, Inc., (aka I-Tek) owner Beyung S. Kim, 61, of Newport News, and employees Seung Kim, 30, of Newport News, Dongjin Park, 53, of Yorktown, Chang You, 61, of Yorktown, Pyongkon Pak, 53, of Toano, and Li-Ling Tu, 57, of China, engaged in a conspiracy and scheme related to certain government contracts for which I-Tek acted as a supplier of goods, including items for the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Army, U.S. Coast Guard, and the National Guards of various states, among other agencies.

National durable medical equipment manufacturer Joint Active Systems, Inc. (JAS) has agreed to pay $1 .5 million, and orthotics and prosthetics clinic chain New England Orthotics & Prosthetics, LLP (NE OPS) has agreed to pay $90,000, to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by improperly charging the government for custom fabricated orthotics. NE OPS, which has locations throughout New England and New York, filed for bankruptcy in 2017, and is now under new ownership.