Financial Crisis; Department of Defense Spending: How to Control Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in the Military

Abstract

Pragmatic improvements and streamlining of the acquisition, contracting, and budget process can help mitigate fraud, waste, and abuse; preventing billions of dollars from being lost. The issue of fraud, waste, and abuse is not a small localized problem only experienced by the unfortunate few organizations. Instead, fraud, waste, and abuse is a systemic problem that continues to cost billions of dollars in losses at a time when the United States Military and Federal Government can least afford it. It is the fiduciary responsibility of every military member to show good stewardship of taxpayer dollars. Coming up with simple initiatives that help prevent fraud, waste, and abuse is fundamental to our solvency as a country.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 25, 2012
Accession Number
ADA601485

Entities

People

  • Craig A. Swanson

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Congress
  • Contracts
  • Criminals
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Federal Budgets
  • Financial Management
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Military Acquisition
  • Military Personnel
  • Money
  • National Governments
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Systems Analysis and Design