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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.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 11 2017, @05:19PM (1 child)
I presume you mean the audit team will be fired. That's the most likely outcome under this president. Audit team fired, new 3 letter spy agency created that reports only to the president "to ensure proper use of funding". Oops looks like we're already getting on of those.
https://trofire.com/2017/12/05/trump-wants-create-private-spy-agency-spy-us-intelligence-agencies/ [trofire.com]
Trump Wants To Create Private Spy Agency To Spy On US Intelligence Agencies
By Farron Cousins -
December 5, 2017
In one of the more bizarre and paranoid actions taken by the Trump Administration, Donald Trump is mulling whether or not to allow Blackwater founder Erik Prince and former Iran-Contra architect Oliver North create a secret spy agency that will be tasked with spying on US intelligence agencies. This is not normal, and it seems fairly illegal, as Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins points out.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Monday December 11 2017, @06:35PM
The guys at the Onion are jealous they didn't write it first.