Government Contractors: Internal Controls and Charging Practices at TRW, Inc.

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed whether a major defense contractor found any contract cost misclassifications at one of its locations similar to those it uncovered at two other locations in 1984, focusing on: (1) the extent of the contractor's internal audits; (2) the extent of external audits of the contractor's government business; and (3) whether the external auditors audited the contractor's classified contracts.