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Pentagon to Audit the Department of Defense

posted by Fnord666 on Monday December 11 2017, @01:39AM   
from the quis-custodiet-ipsos-custodes dept.

takyon writes:

Pentagon Announces First-Ever Audit Of The Department Of Defense

"The Defense Department is starting the first agency-wide financial audit in its history," the Pentagon's news service says, announcing that it's undertaking an immense task that has been sought, promised and delayed for years.

Of the tally that is starting this week, chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana W. White said, "It demonstrates our commitment to fiscal responsibility and maximizing the value of every taxpayer dollar that is entrusted to us."

"Beginning in 2018, our audits will occur annually, with reports issued Nov. 15," the Defense Department's comptroller, David L. Norquist, said.

The Defense Department has famously never been audited, despite receiving hundreds of billions of dollars annually and having more than $2.2 trillion in assets.

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• Re:Let's set reasonable expectations Re:Let's set reasonable expectations (Score: 1) by khallow on Monday December 11 2017, @07:19AM (1 child)

  by khallow (3766) on Monday December 11 2017, @07:19AM (#608217) Journal

  Or maybe the toilet seat budget is paying for the photocopying budget on some black op or spy satellite project. Aside from the direct corruption, I figure the black budget (or rather, lazy accounting involving the black budget, to go with your theme) is the main other reason why it's taken so long for them to come up with any sort of high level auditing.

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• ''black op[s]'' (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 11 2017, @11:28PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 11 2017, @11:28PM (#608531)

  Parent has the nugget in this (meta)thread.

  ...and anyone who thinks it was lone nut with a crappy Italian surplus rifle Lee Harvey Oswald [google.com] who murdered JFK is simply naive.

  -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]

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