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.

Publicly Released: December 29, 2020

The objective of this evaluation was to determine whether the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) properly contracted to acquire ventilators in response to the global coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, including how the DLA identified contract requirements and provided oversight of the time-phased delivery of ventilators.

Publicly Released: December 23, 2020 The objective of this audit was to determine whether Al Udeid Air Base (AUAB), Qatar, had the capabilities to treat coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) patients and isolate or quarantine suspected infected service members, civilians, and contractors.

Publicly Released: December 22, 2020 The objective of this audit was to determine whether DoD and DoD contractor personnel disinfected areas that were occupied by individuals who tested positive for the coronavirus disease–2019 (COVID 19) in accordance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance.

Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Scott Lampert, the Special Agent in Charge for the New York Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS-OIG"), Patrick J. Hegarty, Special Agent in Charge of the Northeast Field Office of the U.S. Department of Defense - Office of Inspector General's Defense Criminal Investigative Service ("DCIS"), and Norbert E. Vint, Deputy Inspector General Performing the Duties of the Inspector General, Office of Personnel Management Office of the Inspector General ("OPM OIG"), announced today a $40.5 million settlement of a fraud lawsuit against Apria Healthcare Group, Inc. and its affiliate, Apria Healthcare LLC (together, "Apria"), a large durable medical equipment ("DME") provider with approximately 300 branch offices located throughout the United States.

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that Darrel Fitzpatrick, aged 30, has been charged by a Bill of Information with Conspiracy to Commit Bribery, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 371 and 201(b)(1). If convicted, Fitzpatrick faces up to five years imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, a $250,000 fine, and a mandatory special assessment of $100.

A four-count federal grand jury indictment returned in Austin and unsealed today charges three foreign nationals - a Russian citizen and two Bulgarian citizens - with violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), Export Control Reform Act (ECRA), and a money laundering statute in a scheme to procure sensitive radiation-hardened circuits from the U.S. and ship those components to Russia through Bulgaria without required licenses.