The Defense Department's inability to produce a full audit, despite being required to do so by law, has little impact on its finances though it would benefit the department's public image, Pentagon Comptroller Robert Hale said today. “Yes, we can’t meet commercial audit standards. But that definitely does not mean that we have no idea where we are spending our money,” Hale told an audience at a conference hosted by Aviation Week in Washington, DC. The Pentagon should strive toward...
