Defense Contract Audits: Current Organizational Relationships and Responsibilities

Abstract

This report responds to your December 13, 1989, letter requesting information on the Department of Defenses (DOD) organizational structure for performing contract audits. As agreed with your staff, we are responding to your request in two phases. The first phase, which is the subject of this report, addresses questions concerning organizational relationships and responsibilities for contract auditing within DOD. Specifically, this report provides information on (1) the delineation of contract auditing responsibilities within DOD, (2) the determination of the Defense Contract Audit Agencys (DCAA) contract auditing priorities and changes in DCAAS work load since the DOD Inspector General (IG) was established in 1982, and (3) whether alternative organizational structures would improve contract auditing in DOD. Phase two will focus on questions relating to DCAAs use of its staff resources.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 03, 1991
Accession Number
AD1177098

Entities

People

  • Charles Arthur Bowsher
  • Charles W. Jr Culkin
  • David L. Clark
  • Jackson W. Hufnagle
  • Leslie A. Smith
  • Marsha L. Boals
  • Warren B. Martin

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Acquisition
  • Auditing
  • Congress
  • Contract Administration
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Corporations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Military Acquisition
  • Organizational Structure
  • Procurement
  • Regulations
  • Standards
  • United States

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Systems Analysis and Design