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

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Date Issued

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Submitting OIG

Department of Defense OIG

Other Participating OIGs

Department of Defense OIG

Agencies Reviewed/Investigated

Department of Defense

Components

United States Navy (USN)

United States Army (USA)

United States Air Force (USAF)

Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

Defense Health Agency (DHA)

Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS)

Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)

Report Number

DODIG-2021-065

Report Type

Inspection / Evaluation

Special Projects

Pandemic

Agency Wide

Yes

Number of Recommendations

Questioned Costs

Funds for Better Use

Open Recommendations

This report has 3 open recommendations.

Recommendation Number	Significant Recommendation	Recommended Questioned Costs	Recommended Funds for Better Use
D-2021-0065-D000CU-0001-0001.a	No	$0	$0
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	No	$0	$0
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	No	$0	$0
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.