Pentagon Expects to Fail Another Audit, But Says Progress Made

Government Executive: The Pentagon expects to fail its third attempt at a clean financial audit, but officials say the progress made could save taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.

“We remain committed to sustain this effort and demonstrating greater progress each year until the department receives and sustains…clean audit opinions,” said Thomas Harker, who is the Navy’s top budget official but is also performing the duties of Defense Department comptroller — a position that has been without a Senate-confirmed political appointee since July 2019.

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