Evaluation of Access to Department of Defense Information Technology and Communications During the Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic

Submitting OIG:

Department of Defense OIG

Date Issued:

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Agency Reviewed / Investigated:

Department of Defense

Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number:

DODIG-2021-065

Component, if applicable:

Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)

Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS)

Defense Health Agency (DHA)

Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

United States Air Force (USAF)

United States Army (USA)

United States Navy (USN)

Location(s):

Agency-Wide

Type of Report:

Inspection / Evaluation

Special Projects:

Pandemic

Questioned Costs:

Funds for Better Use:

Number of Recommendations:

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Attachment	Size
DODIG-2021-065.pdf	5.59 MB

Related Open Recommendations

Recommendation Number	Recommendation Status	Significant Recommendation
D-2021-0065-D000CU-0001-0001.a	Open	No
Rec. 1.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Global Security revise the "DoD Implementation Plan for Pandemic Influenza" to update the planning assumptions in the DoD Implementation Plan for Pandemic Influenza to include the use of telework for essential and non-essential personnel and to align the DoD Implementation Plan for Pandemic Influenza with the DoD Telework Policy, Enclosure 3, Section 3(i)(2).
D-2021-0065-D000CU-0001-0001.b	Open	No
Rec. 1.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Global Security revise the "DoD Implementation Plan for Pandemic Influenza" to require DoD Components to update their Pandemic Plans to include the revised assumptions regarding telework for essential and non-essential personnel and the resources required to support the teleworking workforce.
D-2021-0065-D000CU-0001-0002	Open	No
Rec. 2: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, establish management oversight procedures to verify that DoD Components have performed the testing, training, and exercise requirements of the DoD Implementation Plan for Pandemic Influenza and the DoD Telework Policy. The oversight procedures should assess the ability of DoD Components to support Government-wide mandated telework, including the results from tests of network and communications systems and telework exercises with personnel.

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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Evaluation of Access to Department of Defense Information Technology and Communications During the Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic

Related Open Recommendations