SAF/AG AFAA Current Issues Brief may 28
Marching Forward It has been a Great year for AFAA!
Overview Who we are What we do What is changing
SAF/AG and the Air Force Audit Agency (AFAA) The Auditor General (SAF/AG) reports to the USECAF Head of AFAA (FOA) with one staff directorate at JB Andrews and three line directorates at the Pentagon, WPAFB, and JBSA-Randolph AFAA is sole provider of internal audit services in the Air Force 638 Civilian workforce, located at over 50 installations world-wide AFAA issues about 100 Air Force-level and 1,000 installation-level audit reports annually 3-Year average return on investment indicates AFAA returns $27 in savings to Air Force for every $1 in operating budget spent FY16 audit planning process Operational effectiveness, compliance and efficiency Protecting our Air Force & Airmen through Accountability
CONUS Offices NCR Directorates Area Audit Offices Team Offices Operating Locations CDA Branches Randolph
European Offices Ramstein Spangdahlem Area Audit Offices Team Offices Operating Locations
Pacific Offices Osan Alaska South Korea Japan Yokota Area Audit Offices Team Offices Hawaii Kadena
AOR Locations 64th AEG and United States Military Training Mission Eskan Village, Saudi Arabia Potential OSI Assists 386th AEW Ali Al Salem, Kuwait Wireless/Morale Network Deployed Assets 455th AEW Bagram, Afghanistan Commercial Tender Deployed Assets Morale Network 380th AEW Al Dhafra, UAE Wireless/Morale Network Deployed Assets Saudi 379th AEW Al Udeid, Qatar Wireless/Morale Network Commercial Tender Deployed Assets 405 AEG Thumrait Oman Wireless/Morale Network Deployed Assets
Types of Audits Installation-Level Audits Centrally Directed Audits Follow-on and Close-out Audits MAJCOM Audits Implementation Audits Classified Audits AOR Audits Protecting our AF & Airmen through Accountability
FY15 Planned Projects By High Risk Area * As of 1 Oct 14 Protecting our AF & Airmen through Accountability
Audit Results FY 11 FY 12 FY 13 FY 14 1 st Half FY 15 * Air Force-Level Reports 106 121 98 58 36 Installation-Level Reports 1,052 1,114 1001 901 463 Potential Monetary Benefits ($ Billions) $1.9 $1.9 $1.5 3.0 $1.4 * Data as of 30 April 2015 and includes planned/actual reports
AFAA Changes Marching Forward SECAF/CSAF Senior Leader Engagement Audit Plan Audit Life-Cycle Management Recommendation Follow-Through Potential Monetary Benefit/Cost (PMB/PMC) Audit out-briefs Follow-on and Close-out audits Implementation Audits Improve Audit Processes FM/IG/OSI/US(M) Partnership Joint Focus Transform AFAA Internal Operations Airmen first auditor second 12
Audit Life-Cycle Management End to End Process Improvement underway Tracking audit recommendations US(M); address PMB/PMC FM & A5/8 Standard Repeatable Process
Implementation Audits Air Force Initiatives: Nuclear Enterprise Review Installation & Mission Support Center (IMSC) Financial Improvement & Audit Readiness (FIAR) Air Force Reorganization 2014 Strategic Process (Planning, Programming, Budgeting & Execution - PPBE) Total Force Integration (TFI) Military Medical Care Ft. Hood/Insider Threat 25th Air Force Joint Information Environment (JIE) AF Diversity Initiatives Acquisition Reform Air Expeditionary Force Air Force Inspection System Is the AF in a position to be successful? Clear task Appropriate Governance Process Executable Plan Adequate Resources 14
Joint Services Audits Several Air Force and Army audits addressing mutual DoD issues Examples: Weapons Accountability, Platform Information Technology (PIT) Accreditation, and Security Clearances Joint Audit Planning Groups Senior audit functional area experts from the Air Force, Army, Navy, and DoDIG - meet quarterly Forum for deconflicting and collaborating joint audits with the GAO, DoDIG, and Services Audit Agencies Audit Chiefs Group Meet bimonthly Comprised of Services Auditors General; Deputy DoDIG (Auditing) Increase visibility and coordination for joint audit topics 15
FM Auditor Partnership Local MAJCOM AF Enterprise
Summary AFAA provides timely, relevant, and quality audit service to all levels of Air Force management. Maintain independence, while responding and adapting to changes in the audit environment Air Force customer needs Focus our audit efforts on operational effectiveness, compliance, and efficiency Protect our AF and Airmen through Accountability
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