Defense Procurement Fraud: Justice's Overall Management Can Be Enhanced

GAO discussed the Department of Justice's (DOJ) overall management of its defense procurement fraud investigations. GAO noted that DOJ could not effectively oversee its decentralized operations, since it lacked: (1) complete and timely information on the number and status of defense procurement fraud referrals and cases; (2) data on attorney resources; (3) written management plans or update procedures for current and future efforts; and (4) a case weighting system to distinguish the different prosecutive efforts that different types of cases required. GAO believes that DOJ needs such information and data to: (1) improve its management of investigations; and (2) more effectively manage and use its scarce resources.