David Norquist

• New House leaders lay out priorities, would nix Holman Rule

  In today's Federal Newscast, incoming House leadership unveiled its new rules package without the rule which lets Congress reduce the number of employees an agency can have.

  Federal Newscast

  January 03, 2019
• ‘Laundry list of problems’ from DoD audit driving new data systems

  DoD Comptroller David Norquist said the audit forced the department to embrace data analytics on a more granular level, and that’s enabling better decision-making.

  Defense

  October 31, 2018
• DoD asks for $18 billion increase for future technologies

  The Defense Department is requesting funds in the fiscal 2019 budget for big investments in research and development for future technology.

  Defense

  February 13, 2018
• DoD skips BRAC request in 2019 budget

  The Defense Department has decided to take a pass on Base Realignment and Closure in the agency's fiscal 2019 budget request.

  Defense

  February 13, 2018
• DoD requests biggest budget ever, citing need to recover from years of budget caps

  The Defense Department rolled out the biggest budget request in its history Monday, seeking $686 billion for fiscal 2019.

  Defense

  February 12, 2018
• Price to complete DoD’s first annual audit: $918 million, 1,200 personnel

  Costs of DoD's full-scope financial audit will approach $1 billion in the effort's first year, but Defense officials contend the benefits are well worth the price.

  Defense

  January 11, 2018
• DoD plans for government shutdown, says little it can do to mitigate damage

  Pentagon officials said Thursday that they have tweaked their government shutdown contingency plans since the last time one occurred in 2013, but emphasized that there is little they can do to stave off a shutdown's most damaging effects.

  Defense

  December 07, 2017
• Audit challenges continue to haunt Defense Department as legal requirement looms

  DoD comptrollers and officials waiting for confirmation have paid lip-service to the audit for years, but the actual audit still has yet to take place.

  Defense

  November 21, 2017
• Grassley: DoD audit plan ‘doomed to failure’

  Amendment set for Senate debate this week would focus DoD's attention on fixing weaknesses in "feeder systems" that supply vital financial data.

  Defense

  September 13, 2017
• CR for defense likely until December, but with a few anomalies

  Due to current events Congress might try to increase some of DoD's spending in a CR at the end of the month.

  Defense

  September 06, 2017
• DoD says contracts in place for its first full-scale financial audit

  The Pentagon's new comptroller says the department will meet it statutory deadline to become "audit ready" by the start of Fiscal 2018. But there's little chance DoD will pass an audit in its first year.

  DoD Reporter's Notebook

  June 20, 2017
• DoD comptroller nominee: ‘It is time to audit the Pentagon’

  Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) laid the weight of DoD's first audit squarely on the shoulders of David Norquist, President Trump's pick for DoD comptroller. The department hasn't been audited in 17 years, and has spent the past seven engaged in audit-readiness preparations.

  Congress

  May 10, 2017