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Pentagon's Accounting Reforms
The Pentagon is making progress getting its financial books in order, but senior officials said Wednesday that they still do not know when they will wrap up an audit of Defense Department spending.
It may take at least four or more years, they said.
"Accounting reforms in progress at Pentagon," by Megan Scully, CongressDaily, November 10, 2005
Also see
- "Really big rounding errors," by Phillip Carter, intel dump, September 22, 2005
- "DoD Needs to Improve the Reliability of Cost Data and Provide Additional Guidance to Control Costs," GAO Report, September 2005 (75-page pdf)
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November 10, 2005 12:55 PM