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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: 5, Funny) by c0lo on Monday December 11 2017, @01:30PM (2 children)
Don't kid yourself, nobody spoke about cleaning them.
It's an audit only, they'll just attempt to measure the depth of the horseshit heaps; it may turn out there are some gigantic black holes underneath, which will suck up the auditors, never to be heard of them again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 11 2017, @04:14PM (1 child)
You're right. They won't clean them. They'll just re-arrange them and rename them.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by bob_super on Monday December 11 2017, @07:04PM
They'll just ask the NSA for the proper way to redefine "compliance" and "assets".