CONTRACT MANAGEMENT: DoD Is Examining Opportunities to Further Use Recovery Auditing

Abstract

Over the last few years, the Department of Defense (DOD), under authorization from the Congress, has conducted a demonstration program to evaluate the feasibility of using private contractors to identify overpayments it had made to vendors. Identifying and recovering overpayments is referred to as recovery auditing. In December 1998, we reported that although DOD was experiencing difficulty in obtaining recovery of about $17 million identified under the program, the concept of recovery auditing offers potential to identify overpayments. In House Report 105-532, which related to a bill providing for fiscal year 1999 DOD authorizations, DOD was directed to implement the expanded recovery audit demonstration program.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA360964

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Acquisition
  • Auditing
  • Congress
  • Contracts
  • Demonstrations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • House Of Representatives
  • Logistics
  • Military Acquisition
  • Minority Groups
  • Money
  • National Security
  • Recovery
  • United States

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.