Lynne Halbrooks is a Partner in Holland &
Knight's
Washington D.C. office
The 2016 Oversight Plan
On December 10, 2015, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
for the Department of Defense published its Oversight Plan for
Fiscal Year 2016. While the Defense OIG has published an annual
audit plan in past years, this is the first comprehensive oversight
plan to include input from across the OIG, not just auditors. A
review of the planned projects will reveal to government
contractors if an acquisition they were involved in, or a DoD
program they support, is going to be audited or evaluated.
While the Defense OIG does not typically focus on contract
audits, its oversight of the Department's contract management
can lead to fraud referrals as well as public reports with findings
that are embarrassing to contractors. This post highlights some of
the planned projects that might of interest to government
contractors, but is not all-inclusive. For the complete
