DOD's 'window is closing' to make progress toward clean audit by 2028 deadline

By Tony Bertuca / September 24, 2024 at 7:17 PM
House lawmakers volleyed bipartisan criticism at the Defense Department today for its years-long failure to achieve a clean financial audit, with one government watchdog warning that DOD still has a long road ahead of it before reaching the 2028 deadline mandated by Congress. “The window is closing down,” Asif Khan, director of financial management assurance at the Government Accountability Office, told members of a House Oversight subcommittee today. If the department has not made substantial progress by the end of...

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