Reports

Rec. 1: The DoD OIG recommended that the Deputy Comptroller (Program/Budget), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, in coordination with DoD Component comptrollers, initiate a review of all COVID-19 pandemic response mission assignments to ensure reimbursement requests for costs incurred are submitted in accordance with DoD policy.

Rec. 2.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the Director, Army Budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller), immediately require tasked units to review costs incurred for mission assignments 4480DR-NY-DOD-10, 4480DR-NY-DOD-11, 4480DR-NY-DOD-12, and 4481DR-WA-DOD-02 as of July 31, 2020, for completeness and accuracy, and submit reimbursement requests for those costs with required documentation to the Federal Emergency Management Agency in accordance with DoD policy.

Rec. 2.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Assistant Director of the Office of Budget Fiscal Management, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller), immediately require tasked units to review costs incurred for mission assignments 4482DR-CA-DOD-01, 4482DR-CA-DOD-02, and 4488DR-NJ-DOD-04 as of July 31, 2020, for completeness and accuracy, and submit reimbursement requests for those costs with required documentation to the Federal Emergency Management Agency in accordance with DoD policy.

Rec. 2.c: The DoD OIG recommended that the Deputy for Budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management and Comptroller), immediately require tasked units to review costs incurred for mission assignment 4480DR-NY-DOD-10 as of July 31, 2020, for completeness and accuracy, and submit reimbursement requests for those costs with required documentation to the Federal Emergency Management Agency in accordance with DoD policy.

Rec. 2.d: The DoD OIG recommended that the Comptroller of the United States Marine Corps immediately require tasked units to review costs incurred for 4482DR-CA-DOD-01, 4482DR-CA-DOD-02, and 4488DR-NJ-DOD-04 as of July 31, 2020, for completeness and accuracy, and submit reimbursement requests for those costs with required documentation to the Federal Emergency Management Agency in accordance with DoD policy.

Rec. 2.e: The DoD OIG recommended that the Comptroller of the National Guard Bureau immediately require tasked units to review costs incurred for mission assignments 4480DR-NY-DOD-05, 4481DR-WA-DOD-05, 4482DR-CA-DOD-07, and 4491DR-MD-DOD-01 as of July 31, 2020, for completeness and accuracy, as well as any additional costs incurred and identified after July 31, 2020, and submit reimbursement requests for those costs with required documentation to the Federal Emergency Management Agency in accordance with DoD policy.

Rec. 3.a.1: The DoD OIG recommended that the Director, Army Budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller), in coordination with the Financial Management Augmentation Team, develop and provide to tasked units, an Army-specific desk manual for mission assignments that includes, at a minimum, step-by-step procedures for initial set-up, real-time cost input, cost tracking, cost reporting, and submitting partial and final billings to ensure compliance with DoD policy.

Rec. 3.a.2: The DoD OIG recommended that the Director, Army Budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) train tasked-unit personnel on how to navigate the Army-specific desk manual and apply the procedures appropriately.

Rec. 3.b.1: The DoD OIG recommended that the Assistant Director of the Office of Budget Fiscal Management, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller), in coordination with the Financial Management Augmentation Team, develop and provide to tasked units, a Navy-specific desk manual for mission assignments that includes, at a minimum, step-by-step procedures for initial set-up, real-time cost input, cost tracking, cost reporting, and submitting partial and final billings to ensure compliance with DoD policy.

Rec. 3.b.2: The DoD OIG recommended that the Assistant Director of the Office of Budget Fiscal Management, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller) train tasked-unit personnel on how to navigate the Navy-specific desk manual and apply the procedures appropriately.

Rec. 3.c.1: The DoD OIG recommended that the Deputy for Budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management and Comptroller), in coordination with the Financial Management Augmentation Team, develop and provide to tasked units, an Air Force-specific desk manual for mission assignments that includes, at a minimum, step-by-step procedures for initial set-up, real-time cost input, cost tracking, cost reporting, and submitting partial and final billings to ensure compliance with DoD policy.

Rec. 3.c.2: The DoD OIG recommended that the Deputy for Budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management and Comptroller) train taskeDODIG-unit personnel on how to navigate the Air Force-specific desk manual and apply the procedures appropriately.

Rec. 3.d.1: The DoD OIG recommended that the Comptroller of the United States Marine Corps, in coordination with the Financial Management Augmentation Team, develop and provide to tasked units, a Marine Corps-specific desk manual for mission assignments that includes, at a minimum, step-by-step procedures for initial set-up, real-time cost input, cost tracking, cost reporting, and submitting partial and final billings to ensure compliance with DoD policy.

Rec. 3.d.2: The DoD OIG recommended that the Comptroller of the United States Marine Corps train tasked-unit personnel on how to navigate the Marine Corps-specific desk manual and apply the procedures appropriately.

Rec. 3.e.1: The DoD OIG recommended that the Comptroller of the National Guard Bureau, in coordination with the Financial Management Augmentation Team, develop and provide to tasked units a National Guard-specific desk manual for mission assignments that includes, at a minimum, step-by-step procedures for initial set-up, real-time cost input, cost tracking, cost reporting, and submitting partial and final billing to ensure compliance with DoD policy.

Rec. 3.e.2: The DoD OIG recommended that the Comptroller of the National Guard Bureau train tasked-unit personnel on how to navigate the National Guard-specific desk manuals and apply the procedures appropriately.