DoD audit

Although unresolved audit recommendations are growing, they’re mainly the result of deeper examinations, according to DoD’s inspector general.

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Office of Special Counsel is reporting air traffic controllers in Jacksonville are not complying with the proper procedures, and their managers aren’t doing much to help.

David Norquist, the deputy secretary of Defense, said the nascent audit process — expensive as it is — is largely paying for itself already.

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Government Accountability Office said there are still some issues with the training of sailors in charge of driving ships.

Although the Pentagon resolved more than 500 findings from last year’s audit, so far, auditors are identifying financial management problems faster than DoD can fix them.

In today’s Federal Newscast, after the Veterans Affairs Department second attempt at firing the director of its DC facility, VA’s case against Brian Hawkins is reportedly falling apart.

In today’s Federal Newscast, A DHS IG report reveals that a quarter of the 8,000 TSA officers who left the agency in fiscal 2017, left within the first six months on the job.

Critics of the $750 billion Defense budget request ask why taxpayers should trust the Defense Department with money, as a result of the 2018 audit.

In today’s Federal Newscast, three Senate Democrats want to take federal retirement cuts off the table in the proposed 2020 budget resolution.

The Defense Department is capitalizing on findings in its first audit, but it will be years before opinions are clean.