DOD PROCUREMENT: Millions in Contract Payment Errors Not Detected and Resolved Promptly

Abstract

In response to your request, we surveyed a group of large and small defense contractors to identify the amount of outstanding Department of Defense (DOD) overpayments and underpayments identified in contractors records. We also reviewed selected overpayments to these contractors to determine whether DOD was detecting and recovering contract overpayments promptly. Our review focused on the actions taken to recover overpayments at the Defense Finance and Accounting Service(DFAS) Center in Columbus, Ohio, which in June 1995, made payments on about 373,500 defense contracts. The total value of these contracts is about $602 billion.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 06, 1995
Accession Number
AD1186158

Entities

People

  • David E. Cooper

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Data Centers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Finance
  • Financial Management
  • Governments
  • Money
  • National Security
  • Payment
  • Procurement
  • Small Business
  • United States

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.