Defense Department IG 'Refocusing' Audit Priorities

By John Liang / September 13, 2010 at 4:57 PM
In the wake of a Senate report that called the Defense Department's accounting system "broken," the head of the Pentagon inspector general's office says he is "refocusing" his office's audit priorities. Last week, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Charles Grassley (R-IA) released a report that "identified one all-important, central element that is adversely affecting every facet of the OIG audit program -- the DOD's broken accounting system." "This dysfunctional system is driving the audit freight train," the report states. "The...

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