Audit of Military Services’ Processing of Coronavirus Disease–2019 Vaccination Exemptions and Discharges for Active Duty Service Members

Submitting OIG:

Department of Defense OIG

Date Issued:

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Agency Reviewed / Investigated:

Department of Defense

Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number:

DODIG-2024-061

Location(s):

Agency-Wide

Type of Report:

Audit

Questioned Costs:

Funds for Better Use:

Report updated under NDAA 5274:

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DODIG-2024-061AUDITVaccineExemptRedactedSECURED.pdf	3.24 MB

Related Open Recommendations

Recommendation Number	Recommendation Status	Significant Recommendation
D-2024-0061-D000AW-0001-0001.A1	Open	No
Rec. A.1: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness review the religious accommodation request process for vaccinations to identify efficiencies that could be achieved during periods of high-volume requests and issue guidance accordingly to decrease processing times.
D-2024-0061-D000AW-0002-0001.B1	Open	No
Rec. B.1: The DoD OIG recommended that the Director, Defense Health Agency, in coordination with the Secretaries of the Military Departments, develop and implement a requirement for personnel to maintain supporting documentation for medical exemptions in Service members' medical records and administrative exemptions in Service members' personnel records.
D-2024-0061-D000AW-0003-0001.C1	Open	No
Rec. C.1: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness: a) develop and issue guidance to require uniform discharge types for all Service members discharged for misconduct solely for vaccination refusal; and b) develop and issue guidance to assign uniform reentry codes for all Service members discharged for misconduct solely for vaccination refusal.

Department of Defense OIG

Department of Defense

The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General was established in 1982. The mission of the DoD OIG, as established by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, (5 U.S.C. Appendix); and implemented by DoD Directive 5106.01, "Inspector General of the Department of Defense," is to serve as an independent and objective office in DoD to:

a) conduct, supervise, monitor, and initiate audits, evaluations, and investigations relating to programs and operations of the Department of Defense,

b) provide leadership and coordination and recommend policies for activities designed to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the administration of, and to prevent and detect fraud and abuse in, such programs and operations,

c) provide a means for keeping the Secretary of Defense and the Congress fully and currently informed about problems and deficiencies relating to the administration of such programs and operations and the necessity for and progress of corrective action

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Audit of Military Services’ Processing of Coronavirus Disease–2019 Vaccination Exemptions and Discharges for Active Duty Service Members

Related Open Recommendations