Contract Audits: DCAA Needs To Increase Its Management Oversight of Planning Operations
NSIAD-86-6
Published: Feb 14, 1986. Publicly Released: Mar 17, 1986.
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In response to congressional requests, GAO reviewed Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) operations, specifically: (1) DCAA effectiveness in planning and implementing its audit work and managing its resources; and (2) the usefulness of DCAA reports.
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should instruct the Director, DCAA, to ensure that field audit offices adhere to the planning system to provide information which is reliable for approving work plans and managing resources by: (1) reemphasizing to all field offices the importance of adhering to agency planning system requirements; (2) ensuring that the results of the agency's peer review function are acted upon; and (3) relying more heavily on the planning system as a basis for resource management. |
DCAA stated that the report accurately discussed the DCAA planning system for identifying and prioritizing work and computing resource requirements. DCAA also concurred with all of the findings, with the exception of a partial concurrence regarding DCAA headquarter's resource allocations. It stated that actions taken, or planned, will serve to improve the planning system and resource allocations.
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