Inspector General Robert P. Storch announced today that the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) released the “Management Advisory: Improvements Needed in DoD’s Planning for and Use of SSAE 18 Engagements.” This management advisory informs DoD leadership of the deficiency the DoD OIG found related to the DoD’s plan for and use of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements 18 (SSAE 18) as amended, to improve financial statement audit readiness and efficiency.

The objective of this audit was to determine whether the DoD Components implemented actions designed to increase the diversity of the postsecondary, DoD funded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education programs and the DoD’s applicant pool for STEM positions and whether the DoD tracked and measured the performance of these actions.

Inspector General Robert P. Storch announced today that the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) released the “Audit of the DoD’s Management of Air Quality Issues at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti.” This audit was performed in response to a DoD Hotline complaint that alleged Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti (CLDJ) command staff ignored ongoing, hazardous air quality conditions on the installation. 

This quarterly report describes the activities of the U.S. Government in support of OES, as well as the work of the DoD, the Department of State (State), and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to further the U.S. Government’s policy goals in Afghanistan during the period of July 1 through September 30, 2024.

The DoD OIG submits semiannual reports summarizing its activities as required by the Inspector General Act of 1978. These reports serve to apprise Congress and the Secretary of Defense of noteworthy findings, progress, and recommendations for improvement.

The objective of this management advisory was to determine whether the DoD effectively planned for and used Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 18 (SSAE 18), as amended, to improve its financial statement audit readiness and efficiency. We assessed DoD management’s planning for and use of System and Organization Controls 1 (SOC 1) reports on internal controls performed by service organizations.

Two Florida men were arraigned today on charges relating to their roles in a multimillion-dollar durable medical equipment (DME) and prescription drug health care fraud and kickback scheme, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna announced. Nicholas A. Alberino, 61, of Boca Raton, Florida, and his son, Nicholas P. Alberino, 34, of Parkland, Florida, are each charged in a seven-count indictment with conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to violate the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, and four counts of violating the Anti-Kickback Statute. The defendants were each arraigned today before U.S. District Judge Esther Salas in Newark federal court, and each pleaded not guilty.

Vanessa R. Waldref, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that in the last several months, the office she leads prosecuted several significant cases that protected patients, consumers, and the community from health care fraud.

University of Colorado Health, known as UCHealth and headquartered in Aurora, Colorado, has agreed to pay $23 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act in seeking and receiving payment from federal health care programs for visits to its emergency departments, by falsely coding certain Evaluation & Management (E&M) claims submitted to the Medicare and TRICARE programs.