Annual MDA audit now classified 'CUI,' loss of transparency in new missile warfare era

By Jason Sherman / December 17, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Bowing to Defense Department "sensitivity concerns," congressional auditors will not make public the 2024 annual review of the Missile Defense Agency's work -- the first time in more than two decades the Government Accountability Office will cloak its report on MDA's progress in meeting the acquisition goals and objectives of a $246 billion project. The decision, after months of deliberations between GAO and DOD over making the report public, comes as missile warfare has emerged as central to the conflict...

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