CONTRACT MANAGEMENT: Excess Payments and Underpayments Continue to Be a Problem at DOD

Abstract

We have reported over the last several years that the Department of Defense (DOD) annually overpaid its contractors by hundreds of millions of dollars and that in some cases these excess payments were not being promptly returned. In response, you requested that we look at the scope of excess payments and underpayments. Specifically, this report examines, for DOD contract payments, the following issues:

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA387821

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Contract Administration
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Costs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Fixed Price Contracts
  • Foreign Military Sales
  • Governments
  • Indirect Costs
  • Manufacturing
  • Procurement
  • Recognition
  • United States
  • Websites

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  • Government Contracting/Procurement.