Inspector General Robert P. Storch announced today that the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) released the “Audit of DoD Compliance with the Buy American Act for Light Emitting Diode Lighting Improvement Projects.”

The Inspectors General from the Department of Defense (DoD) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have launched coordinated, independent oversight projects related to their agencies’ respective roles in the ongoing delivery and distribution of U.S. humanitarian assistance to Gaza through the maritime corridor. The DoD and USAID Offices of Inspector General (OIG) oversight initiatives are part of a collaborative effort to review key aspects of DoD’s and USAID’s shared humanitarian mission in providing U.S. assistance to Gaza.

Inspector General Robert P. Storch announced today that the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) released the “Audit of Remote Maintenance and Distribution Cell–Ukraine Restructuring Contract Surveillance Planning and Contractor Oversight.”

The objective of this audit was to determine whether DoD officials complied with the Buy American Act and provided the best value to the DoD when procuring light emitting diode lighting improvement projects using energy savings contracts.

This final report combines the results of the Army Audit Agency’s external peer review of the Air Force Audit Agency non Special Access Program projects and our peer review of Special Access Program projects to make a summary assessment on the system of quality control for the Air Force Audit Agency for the 3 year period that ended on December 31, 2022. We are providing this final report for your information and use. The report does not contain recommendations. We provided a discussion draft of this report to the Auditor General of the Department of the Air Force, who provided no additional comments. Therefore, we are publishing this report in final form.

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we plan to begin the subject review in June 2024. The objective of this review is to assess the effectiveness of the DoD’s efforts to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza. We intend to first assess the DoD’s roles, responsibilities, and controls related to facilitating the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza through the maritime corridor.

A California woman pleaded guilty today to devising a multi-year scheme to defraud the U.S. government by submitting fake invoices for supplies that were never purchased and converting the stolen funds for her personal use.

Jason Edmonds, age 45 of North East, Maryland pleaded guilty today to a federal charge of bribery relating to a bribery scheme at the Aberdeen Proving Ground. The guilty plea was announced by Erek L. Barron U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, Special Agent in Charge William DelBagno of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Baltimore Field Office, Special Agent in Charge Christopher Dillard of the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General, and Special Agent in Charge L. Scott Moreland of the Army Criminal Investigation Division.

Georgia chiropractor who owned or operated multiple durable medical equipment (DME) companies and a cancer genetic testing (CGx) company admitted her role in a health care fraud and illegal kickback conspiracy, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna announced today.