Updates on Financial Management

REPORT | May 18, 2022

Understanding the Results of the Audit of the FY 2021 DoD Financial Statements

Audit

Publicly Released: May 19, 2022

The DoD prepares the annual DoD Agency Financial Report and the Component-level financial statements to provide an overview of the DoD’s and its Components’ financial information as well as summary-level information on DoD operations performance results. In FY 2021, the DoD Office of Inspector General (OIG) performed an audit of the DoD Agency-Wide financial statements and oversaw independent public accountants (IPAs) as they performed audits of the DoD Components’ financial statements. The purpose of the audits was to determine whether the DoD and its Components presented their financial statements in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, which establishes accounting concepts and principles, as well as industry-specific rules, that ensure an organization’s financial statements are complete, consistent, and comparable.

On November 15, 2021, the DoD OIG issued a disclaimer of opinion on the FY 2021 Agency-Wide Financial Statements, meaning the DoD was unable to provide sufficient evidence for the auditors to support an opinion. The DoD OIG identified 28 material weaknesses and 4 significant deficiencies in FY 2021. Of the material weaknesses and significant deficiencies identified 25 material weaknesses and 2 significant deficiencies were repeated from FY 2020, 2 significant deficiencies from FY 2020 were upgraded to material weaknesses, 1 new material weakness and 1 new significant deficiency were reported, and 1 material weakness from FY 2020 was downgraded to a significant deficiency.

The DoD’s journey to achieving a clean audit opinion began more than 30 years ago. Based on the results for FY 2021, the DoD is still a long way from a clean opinion. The DoD estimates that it will not obtain a clean opinion for at least another 7 years.

 

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REPORT Nov. 15, 2022

Independent Auditor's Reports on the Department of Defense FY 2022 and FY 2021 Basic Financial Statements (DODIG-2023-031)

On November 15, 2022, the DoD published the DoD FY 2022 Agency Financial Report, which includes the FY 2022 and FY 2021 Agency-Wide Basic Financial Statements. The DoD OIG performed an audit of these Basic Financial Statements and issued a disclaimer of opinion—meaning that the auditors could not obtain sufficient, appropriate audit evidence to support an opinion. As part of this year’s DoD Agency-Wide audit, DoD OIG auditors identified 28 material weaknesses, 3 significant deficiencies, and 7 instances of noncompliance with laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements, which are described in our report. Our report begins on page 67 of the FY 2022 DoD Agency Financial Report. 

This report may be viewed here: https://comptroller.defense.gov/odcfo/afr2022.aspx

The report is a result of Project No. D2022-D000FV-0071.000.

REPORT | Nov. 7, 2022

Transmittal of the Independent Auditor’s Reports on the Defense Logistics Agency Working Capital Fund Financial Statements and Related Notes for FY 2022 and FY 2021 (DODIG-2023-024)

Audit

This report begins on page 53 of the Defense Logistics Agency Fiscal Year 2022 Agency Financial Report - Working Capital Fund.

This report may be viewed here: https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/J8Finance/DLA%20FY22%20WCF%20AFR.pdf

This report is the result of Project No. D2022-D000FE-0060.000.

REPORT | Nov. 7, 2022

Transmittal of the Independent Auditor’s Reports on the Defense Logistics Agency National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund Financial Statements and Related Notes for FY 2022 and FY 2021 (DODIG-2023-025)

Audit

This report begins on page 43 of the Defense Logistics Agency FY 2022 Agency Financial Report.

This report may be viewed here: https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/J8Finance/DLA%20FY22%20TF%20AFR.pdf

This report is the result of Project No. D2022-D000FE-0061.000

REPORT | Nov. 7, 2022

Transmittal of the Independent Auditor’s Reports on the Defense Logistics Agency General Fund Financial Statements and Related Notes for FY 2022 and FY 2021 (DODIG-2023-023)

Audit

This report begins on page 51 of the Defense Logistics Agency Fiscal Year 2022 Agency Financial Report - General Fund.

This report may be viewed here: https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/J8Finance/DLA%20FY22%20GF%20AFR.pdf

This report is the result of Project No. D2022-D000FE-0059.000.