GAO calls for DCMA to develop mechanism to monitor contractor business system reviews

By Marjorie Censer / February 7, 2019 at 3:19 PM
The Pentagon is backing a Government Accountability Office recommendation that the Defense Contract Management Agency create a way to better monitor contractor business system reviews. In a report released this week, GAO notes that contractor business systems include accounting, estimating and purchasing systems. In recent years, the report states, the Defense Department has adjusted the way it reviews these systems, including establishing criteria for business systems and withholding payments from contractors whose business systems had significant deficiencies. "DOD does not...

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