Auditors go easy on military contractors

Instead of seeing red, Pentagon audit managers saw business as usual after being told that a major military contractor failed to open all its books for review.

At a meeting of Defense Contract Audit Agency staff in California last May, auditor Acacia Rodriguez used a 24-page PowerPoint briefing to describe how she and her co-workers struggled with the Bechtel Group's "chronic failure" to provide the financial records required to prove tax dollars ... Full Story »

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by Peggy Kruse - Nov. 9, 2008

From the standpoint of telling the story accurately, I believe it is good journalism. I worked for DCAA for 20 years (1978-1998) and have experienced record delays similar to those in this report. I also think it is important for this issue to be publicized because money is being wasted in many ways when contractors are not cooperative.

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