GAO criticizes accounting changes in DOD nuclear cost estimate

By Rachel Cohen / July 28, 2017 at 10:49 AM
A recent Government Accountability Office analysis recommends the Defense Department make its future financial reports on nuclear costs more complete and transparent, alleging murky accounting could make it more difficult for Congress to understand how spending estimates are created and to assess the long-term affordability of nuclear sustainment and modernization. The July 20 GAO report shows that the department's methodology for estimating nuclear command, control and communications in a congressionally required annual report "does not describe how it selects program...

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