The Pentagon is about halfway toward its goal of achieving audit-ready statements of its budgetary resources by 2014, Defense Department Comptroller Robert Hale told lawmakers today. During a House Armed Services oversight and investigations subcommittee hearing, Hale used a football analogy in response to a query from Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX) about how far the department has moved toward its goal. "I think we’re midfield, but I also think we just got [Redskins quarterback] Robert Griffin III, and we got...
