Allegation of Cost Mischarging by Defense Telecommunications Service-Washington.

Abstract

We performed this audit in response to a complaint to the Defense Hotline. The complainant alleged that Bell Atlantic was charging the DoD, through the Defense Telecommunications Service-Washington (DTS-W), for 5,000 telephone lines that the DTS-W was not showing as part of its inventory. The DTS-W provides telecommunications equipment, facilities, and services to DoD components m the National Capital Region. It manages approximately 177,000 telephone lines and maintains a consolidated inventory of telephone lines, cell phones, pagers, calling cards, and other telecommunications products. DTS-W relies on customer reimbursements to pay vendors and operating costs. As a reimbursable operation, the DTS-W cannot incur a profit or loss. Audit Objectives. Our primary audit objective was to determine whether DTS-W charged customers based on accurate telecommunications billing data. We also evaluated the management control program as it applied to the primary objective.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 22, 1998
Accession Number
ADA368159

Entities

People

  • Frank C. Sonsini
  • Judith I. Padgett
  • Paul J. Granetto
  • Richard B. Jolliffe
  • Robert M. Murrell

Organizations

  • Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Air Force
  • Communication Systems
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Financial Management
  • Governments
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Systems
  • Inventory
  • Mobile Phones
  • Money
  • National Security
  • Navy
  • Security
  • Telephone Lines
  • Telephone Systems

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.