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Exhibit 278

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

Exhibit 278 · Inspector general report

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

Ernst & Young determined that although the Navy’s Inventory records showed eight guided missile fin assemblies at the contractor’s site, a physical count revealed only two at the site.

FY2021: disclaimer issued 15 November 2021; 28 material weaknesses and 4 significant deficiencies; of 26 reporting entities with stand-alone audits, 8 clean, 1 qualified, 17 disclaimers (PDF p. 38). Inventory section reports a physical count at a Navy contractor site found 2 of 8 recorded guided missile fin assemblies.

Source
DoD Office of Inspector General
Date
18 May 2022
Quoted from
PDF p. 28 (Inventory and Related Property)
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://media.defense.gov/2022/Jun/01/2003009509/-1/-1/1/UNDERSTANDING%20THE%20RESULTS%20OF%20THE%20FY%202021%20AUDIT_FINAL.PDF
Accessed
2026-11-09
Cited by
Findings citing this exhibit
Note
Further quotation: “On November 15, 2021, the DoD OIG issued a disclaimer of opinion on the FY 2021 Agency-Wide Financial” (The FY 2021 Agency-Wide Audit Results panel (page marked 12 in the text layer; the sentence continues 'Statements' in the next text column)).

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Finding DEF-3.1
Primary record The DoD Inspector General issued a disclaimer of opinion on the department-wide financial statements in each of fiscal years 2018 through 2025, eight years in a row. GAO reports that DoD is the only one of the 24 Chief Financial Officers Act agencies that has never obtained a clean opinion.
Finding DEF-3.3
Primary record The DoD Inspector General counted 20 agency-wide material weaknesses in fiscal year 2018, 25 in 2019, 26 in 2020, 28 in each of 2021 through 2024, and 26 in 2025. The Inspector General states that comparing these counts from year to year is not a reliable way to measure progress.