The DoD OIG initiated this review on January 10, 2024, with two stated objectives. First, the review examined the processes, procedures, and actions related to the transfer of functions and duties ...

While the surgery was carried out under general anesthesia, he transferred his authority to the deputy secretary, but the inspector general’s report says he “did not inform her of the reason for the ...

The Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Defense (OIG), in its 188-page report, criticized Austin’s team for failing to properly notify key officials and transfer the ...

“I wish [Secretary Austin] were a normal person but he’s the [Secretary of Defense],” Magsamen wrote to one of Austin’s aides, according to texts obtained by the IG. “We have a big ...

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon Inspector General released a scathing report Wednesday about Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s failure to alert the White House and his senior staff about his ...

Robert Storch, the Pentagon inspector general, acknowledged that while his team “found no adverse consequences to DoD operations arising from how the hospitalizations we reviewed were handled ...

The Pentagon inspector general says the handling of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's hospitalization last year increased national security threats but acknowledged the matter did not result in any ...

The inspector general said that while there were no serious consequences due to how the hospitalizations were handled, “the risks to our national defense, including the command and control of the ...

The IG inspectors discovered no adverse consequences to military operations resulting from Mr. Austin’s multiple hospital stays. However, “the risks to our national defense, including the ...

A report issued by the Defense Department’s inspector general faults Austin for communication failures in which his hospitalization was kept secret for days, including from President Joe Biden.