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DoD faces mounting pressure to pass clean audit for the first time
Lawmakers and watchdogs questioned whether the Pentagon can meet a clean audit deadline after decades of weak financial controls and repeated failures.
House lawmakers and government watchdogs expressed skepticism Wednesday about the Defense Department’s ability to produce a clean financial audit by a Dec. 31, 2028, statutory deadline. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing on the DoD years-long struggle to produce a clean financial audit despite claiming around half of the government’s discretionary spending.Congress passed a measure as part of the 2024 National …