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But still; how can an organization fail an audit five times in a row and there not be repercussions and large investigations to ensure its possibility of repeat
by mc32 4y ago
But still; how can an organization fail an audit five times in a row and there not be repercussions and large investigations to ensure its possibility of repeating are vanishingly small going forward?
- favflam 4y ago1.5 million people are employed directly by the Pentagon (fact check me plz). Trillions??? in capital assets (planes, boats, ??). 750 installations globally plus deeply integrated relationships with multiple allies (military and fiscal). Allies train in the US and visa versa. I can understand the monumental undertaking it would be to audit the Pentagon.
- favflam 4y agoOh yes, I forgot the audit also has to prevent leakage of national secrets.
- eastbound 4y agoAny waterfall attribution of budgets can be made with an little more than an Excel spreadsheet ;) but, to keep secrets, maybe they have to invent a special decentralized protocol. I’m sure someone is getting the same budget from several entities, and perhaps owns an island to spend it all.
- tdeck 4y agoAfter the second or third time failing with no consequences, the people involved must realize that there are no consequences for failing a fourth and fifth time.
- asvitkine 4y agoI understand that cutting funding may be unpalatable, but couldn't they instead incentivize passing the audit by offering bonuses to middle-managenent for departments that pass?
- toast0 4y agoRetrofiting proper accounting controls into an existing (extremely) large organization that was built without them is difficult work. That the audits are run consistently each year now is a big step. In past years, it's sounded like a lot of progress was being made, but this year's press releases are not as bubbly about progress, although it seems the wheels of progress are still turning. AFAIK, there's been no allegations of fraud or wrongdoing in these failed audits, just that there are insufficient controls to validate the numbers. You could tie future funding to passing audits in order to have repercussions, but there's a question of if you'd rather have an unfunded military or an unaudited military.
- MattGaiser 4y agoDepends on the goal of the audit. The purpose of the audit may indeed be just that.