Review of Audits Issued by the Defense Contract Audit Agency in FY 2012 and FY 2013

Abstract

As part of our oversight responsibility of DCAA, we evaluated a cross section of 16 DCAA audits completed between October 2011 and February 2013, including 5 audits of forward-pricing proposals and 11 audits of incurred cost proposals and other audit types. We reviewed the audits primarily to determine whether DCAA: correctly applied applicable acquisition regulations and DCAA policy; determined the adequacy of contractor cost or pricing data (if applicable); gathered sufficient evidence in support of the reported opinion; and issued an audit report that adequately explained the audit findings and met the contracting officer s needs. At the conclusion of each review, we issued a memorandum that identified the findings and recommendations. The memoranda (see Attachments 1 through 16) served to timely alert DCAA of any deficiencies we uncovered and to recommend that DCAA initiate corrective action. This evaluation focused primarily on DCAA s compliance with applicable regulations and certain aspects of DCAA policy on 16 audits. On August 21, 2014, the DoD Inspector General issued a Pass with Deficiency rating to DCAA after performing a peer review on DCAA s system of quality control. We did not evaluate the DCAA system of quality control or perform a comprehensive review of the 16 selected audits for compliance with all professional standards.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 08, 2014
Accession Number
ADA610398

Entities

Organizations

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

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acceptability
  • Business Administration
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Cost Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Engineering
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Information Systems
  • Management Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • Manufacturing
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Quality Control
  • Spreadsheet Software

Fields of Study

  • Business

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.