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One of the last remaining patients at Javits New York Medical Station, N.Y., is being released and heading home May 1, 2020. The Pentagon will evaluate whether federal emergency funds for COVID-19 response were used properly. (Pfc. Nathaniel Gayle/Army)The Pentagon’s inspector general has received almost 300 tips and opened more than 200 complaints as of May 11, according to the oversight plan. More than half of the complaints were for alleged violations of social distancing policy.Those inquiries are part of that will look at the use of a $10 billion to help with COVID-19 response, according to a Thursday release from the Defense Department inspector general’s office.An additional $20 million will go toward sussing out waste, fraud and abuse during the pandemic, including more than a dozen audits and evaluations of programs ranging from the Navy’s shipboard outbreak plan to the Army Corps of Engineers’ efforts to convert convention centers, stadiums and other facilities into medical centers.“Our oversight work will remain flexible and responsive to developing DoD requirements, to include reevaluating planned or ongoing work to determine whether work should be modified,” the release said.The IG has received 294 tips through its hotline as of May 11, 229 of which have been escalated to formal complaints for investigation.Of those, 166 involve social distancing violations. As of mid-April, anyone on a DoD installation who cannot maintain six feet of personal distance at any given time must wear a face covering.RELATEDA White House photo from a meeting last weekend shows the Joint Chiefs of Staff meeting maskless with POTUS.Another 70 involved isolation and quarantine requirement, 23 for care of patients and 10 for instances of outright fraud.About $3.8 billion of CARES Act funds went to the defense health budget, to directly treat service members and support medical operations. Another $1 billion funds the Defense Production Act, ramp up stock of personal protective gear and other medical equipment, and another $1.2 billion was set aside to cover pay for National Guard troops activated to support local response.On April 6, then DoD IG Glenn Fine issued a to the department calling for best practices and lessons learned, laying the ground work for a massive after-action report that will explore how the billions of dollars were spent and whether DoD’s programs constituted an effective response to the pandemic.Individual reviews will include:• The Navy’s outbreak response plan for ships and submarines• Entitlements and allowances for Reserve Component troops mobilized for pandemic response support• Cost control for COVID-19 health care claims• Equipment and supplies contracts• Defense Logistics Agency procurement of ventilators and respirator masks• Best practices and lessons learned from past disaster responses• Army Corps of Engineers alternate care site conversion• Appointment of • Screening and quarantine procedures at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar• Infectious disease treatment capabilities at Al Udeid• The impact of coronavirus pandemic on basic training• Cybersecurity while teleworking during COVID-19 pandemic• Access to DoD information technology and communications during the pandemic• Contracts for IT products and services purchased to support remote work and social distancing• Combatant command responses to the pandemic• Disinfection of DoD facilitiesTo report fraud, drop a tip at the DOD IG hotline or contact the.Meghann Myers is the Pentagon bureau chief at Military Times. She covers operations, policy, personnel, leadership and other issues affecting service members.Share:Tags: Approximately 460 soldiers are diagnosed with back overuse injuries every day.The lieutenant colonel died while deployed to Romania, the division announced.Toilet-flushing is a complex process for the U.S. Navy.Strategically located munitions would allow the U.S. to facilitate troop deployments and equipment distribution in future conflicts.Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of Sept. 12, 2022.Featured VideoTrending Now

One of the last remaining patients at Javits New York Medical Station, N.Y., is being released and heading home May 1, 2020. The Pentagon will evaluate whether federal emergency funds for COVID-19 response were used properly. (Pfc. Nathaniel Gayle/Army)The Pentagon’s inspector general has received almost 300 tips and opened more than 200 complaints as of May 11, according to the oversight plan. More than half of the complaints were for alleged violations of social distancing policy.Those inquiries are part of that will look at the use of a $10 billion to help with COVID-19 response,...

DoD’s inspector general has received almost 300 tips for coronavirus-related issues

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