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Officials Announce First DoD-Wide Audit, Call for Budget Certainty
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- mtgx 9y agoThey couldn't do this before deciding that the DoD absolutely needs another $70 billion a year (the budget equivalent to paying for everyone's college) to function? What if the audit finds that $100 billion (before the latest increase) is being wasted and could be saved? Will the DoD budget be cut to $500 billion?
- bob_theslob646 9y agoIt's a shame it didn't happen sooner but it is better than previous years. >The Pentagon is no stranger to criticism over serious waste and purposefully sloppy accounting. A DoD Inspector General's report from 2016 - which appears to be unavailable on the DoD website (but fortunately WAS archived)- found that in 2015 alone a staggering $6.5 trillion in funds was unaccounted for out of the Army's budget, with $2.8 trillion in "wrongful adjustments" occurring in just one quarter.
- tomohawk 9y agoThe CR situation has cost the Navy $4B over the last 6 years. https://www.fedmanager.com/columns/from-the-hill/2906-navy-continuing-resolutions-caused-4-billion-waste https://www.fedmanager.com/columns/from-the-hill/2906-navy-c... That's just the Navy. Both parties are to blame. So vote out those incumbents! Congress really needs to reform how many committees are involved in appropriations.