Today more than ever, the Federal government must ensure that it spends money wisely and eliminates waste and abuse of taxpayer dollars. With more than one out of every six dollars of Federal government spending going to contractors, it is imperative that contract actions result in the best value for the taxpayer.

The full-scope Department of Defense (DoD) audit is underway and many leaders in the DoD Community are aware that passing the audit with an unmodified or “clean” opinion is a process and will take some time. DoD expects to spend roughly $918M on the audit. That figure is comprised of $367M to conduct the audit this year, and $551M to remediate the audit findings by external auditors.