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| Pentagon Announces First-Ever Audit Of The Department Of Defense |
| 2017-12-09 |
| [NPR] "The Defense Department is starting the first agency-wide financial audit in its history," the Pentagon's news service says, announcing that it's undertaking an immense task that has been sought, promised and delayed for years. Of the tally that is starting this week, chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana W. White said, "It demonstrates our commitment to fiscal responsibility and maximizing the value of every taxpayer dollar that is entrusted to us." "Beginning in 2018, our audits will occur annually, with reports issued Nov. 15," the Defense Department's comptroller, David L. Norquist, said. The Defense Department has famously never been audited, despite receiving hundreds of billions of dollars annually and having more than $2.2 trillion in assets. For the Pentagon to get to this point, it has been, as they say, a process. The U.S. government established requirements for each agency to present financial statements back in the 1990s. But for more than 20 years, the Department of Defense has lagged other agencies that were following modern accounting standards, reporting what they received and spent. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 Not gonna be easy, after 17 yrs in Afghan, 14 in Iraq etc. Wonder what they'd do about the black programs. |
| Posted by: Knuckles Slineger2610 2017-12-09 15:12 |
| #8 No bid contract auditor is friend of the clintons cost of audit is said to be 2.3 trillion! |
| Posted by: Bubba the Great4743 2017-12-09 13:57 |
| #7 Must have 3dc, the deep south is mighty cold right now... |
| Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-12-09 12:28 |
| #6 This will send some of the rats scurrying. The tempo of the deep state to unseat Trump will only accelerate. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-12-09 12:04 |
| #5 Did hell freeze over when Trump won? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2017-12-09 10:40 |
| #4 Watch the rodents begin to scamper. Prob a lawsuit in the making to stop it. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-12-09 09:32 |
| #3 Line item: "money pissed down a hole" |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2017-12-09 09:29 |
| #2 Operation Gordian Knot 2017 |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-12-09 09:01 |
| #1 that's good, now how about the CIA, NSA, DIA, .... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-12-09 08:46 |