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Report File
Date Issued
Submitting OIG
Department of Defense OIG
Agencies Reviewed/Investigated
Department of Defense
Report Number
DODIG-2025-105
Report Type
Audit
Agency Wide
Yes
Number of Recommendations
7
Questioned Costs
$0
Funds for Better Use
$0
Report updated under NDAA 5274
No

Open Recommendations

This report has 7 open recommendations.
Recommendation Number Significant Recommendation Recommended Questioned Costs Recommended Funds for Better Use Additional Details
D-2025-0105-D000FL-0001-0001.a No $0 $0

Rec. 1.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, develop and implement a tool to improve the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD's oversight of the programs that includes a method for establishing new programs, including how it determines the date of establishment.

D-2025-0105-D000FL-0001-0001.b No $0 $0

Rec. 1.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, determine whether payments associated with disaster emergency funds should be considered as a high?risk payment type identified within the DoD's Payment Integrity portfolio. If so, develop a methodology to publicly report the improper payments associated with the DoD's use of disaster emergency funds.

D-2025-0105-D000FL-0001-0001.c No $0 $0

Rec. 1.c: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, submit for the Military Health Benefits-TRICARE East Region Program; Military Health Benefits-TRICARE West Region Program; Military Health Benefits-TRICARE Medicare Eligible Program; Military Pay Army-National Guard, Civilian Pay-Army, Civilian Pay-Other Defense Organization, DoD Travel Pay Army-Defense Travel System, DoD Travel Pay Navy-Defense Travel System, DoD Travel Pay Department of the Air Force-Defense Travel System, and Commercial Pay-Mechanization of Contract Administration Services programs to the Office of Management and Budget, the planned actions that the DoD will take to come into compliance, including actions to: Develop measurable milestones to be accomplished in order to achieve compliance for each program or activity. Designate a senior executive who will be accountable for the progress of the DoD to come into compliance for each program in this recommendation. Establish an accountability mechanism, such as a performance agreement, with appropriate incentives and consequences tied to the success of the official designated to lead the efforts of the DoD to come into compliance for each program.

D-2025-0105-D000FL-0001-0002 No $0 $0

Rec. 2: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, in coordination with DoD Components, develop and implement a methodology to:
Identify all DoD outlays and the programs with which they are associated.
Verify that the programs' universes of payment transactions include all outlays related to each respective program.

D-2025-0105-D000FL-0001-0003 No $0 $0

Rec. 3: The DoD OIG recommended that the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller) reevaluate the DoD Travel Pay Navy-Defense Travel System program and report the program's estimates in the appropriate Payment Integrity
Information Act reporting phase.

D-2025-0105-D000FL-0001-0004.a No $0 $0

Rec. 4.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the Director of the Defense Health Agency, in future risk assessment methodologies reassess the Military Health Benefits-TRICARE East Region Program, Military Health Benefits-TRICARE West Region Program, and Military Health Benefits-TRICARE Medicare Eligible Program to fully document and support the specific information it relied on, including the internal controls.

D-2025-0105-D000FL-0001-0004.b No $0 $0

Rec. 4.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Director of the Defense Health Agency, in future risk assessment methodologies: reassess the risk of the TRICARE programs if the Government Accountability Office requires public reporting of the results of the medical records reviews to close its recommendation.

Department of Defense OIG

United States