On December 6, 2022, the Honorable Robert P. Storch assumed his duties as the Department of Defense Inspector General (DoD IG). Mr. Storch is the first Presidentially appointed, Senate-confirmed DoD IG in nearly seven years. 

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.

Our office joined the HHS Office of Inspector General and four other OIGs in a Pandemic Response Accountability Committee review of the use of telehealth during the pandemic at six Federal agencies. From inappropriate billing to the need for more data, we examined emerging risks to look out for to protect telehealth in the future. Read more here: https://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/OEI-02-22-00150.asp

The DoD Hotline received complaints from January 14 through September 14, 2020, against Brigadier General (BG) Jonathan E. Howerton, U.S. Army, Deputy Assistant to the President and White House Military Office (WHMO) Director, and Mr. Bradley T. Hoagland, Senior Executive Service, Special Assistant to the President and WHMO Deputy Director. We received three of the complaints after we began our investigation on February 6, 2020.

Publicly Released: December 12, 2022

The objective of this audit was to determine whether the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency completed DoD security vetting of International Military Students enrolled in U.S.-based training programs, and their accompanying family members, according to DoD policy and communicated the results of its analysis to appropriate DoD stakeholders.

We plan to begin the subject evaluation in December 2022.

Obsidian Solutions Group, LLC (Obsidian), located in Fredericksburg, has agreed to pay $510,991.08 to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by billing the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) for labor performed by personnel that did not meet contractual requirements.

The former Director of Operations of the U.S. Navy's Military Seahft Command (MSC) Office in Busan, South Korea, was sentenced today to five years in prison for his role in a bribery conspiracy and lying to federal investigators.

The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that James A. Coccagna, age 67, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, was charged by criminal information on one count of conspiracy to commit violations of the Major Fraud Act.