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The Department of Defense processed nearly $1 billion in improper travel payments to service members and civilian employees over a three year span, a Government Accountability Office report found<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Improper travel payments, classified as amounts that should have either not been distributed at all or were dished out in an incorrect sum, have long been a thorn in the government\u2019s side, with service members either often receiving too much money, or no money at all, for international travel expenditures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using the Defense Travel System to process travel payments from fiscal years 2016 to 2018, DoD disbursed a total of $18.3 billion, reimbursement authorizations that were made after travelers submit vouchers documenting expenses, according to the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of that, GAO found $965.5 million- or more than 5 percent – was discovered to be improperly distributed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNot all improper travel payments \u2014 such as legitimate payments that initially lacked supporting documentation \u2015 represented a monetary loss to the government,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But a significant sum was, in fact, lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From FY2017 to FY2018, for example, DoD incurred $549 million in improper payments. Of that sum, $205 million was counted as a complete loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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$205 million was reportedly lost from FY 17 to FY18. (GAO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

These concerning gaffes were made despite a DoD plan established in 2016 to remedy errors exactly like them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Defense Travel Management Office, the Defense Finance and Accounting Office, and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense all take steps to ensure Defense Travel System regulations are met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn a monthly basis, DFAS statistically samples paid travel vouchers,\u201d the report said. \u201cDFAS officials then conduct a review of the sampled post-payment vouchers to identify erroneous travel vouchers and the types of errors that were made.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One such review in FY2018 revealed an improper payment rate of nearly 5 percent of that year\u2019s almost $8 billion in travel payments, a rate of error that has remained consistent over the reviewed three-year span despite the aforementioned efforts to curb payment gaffes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2016, over 7 percent of payments were considered improper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of the payments made \u2014 36 percent \u2014 were related to training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next highest sum distributed was categorized as routine TDY, or travel assignments to locations \u201cother than the employee\u2019s permanent duty station,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The continuation of improper distribution suggests that DoD\u2019s remediation plan and committee it installed to enforce it \u201cmay not manage risk sufficiently,\u201d according to the GAO report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, elements of the Defense Department\u2019s remediation plan were cited as incorrectly identifying primary causes of erroneous travel pay, and even when a singular cause was correctly identified, no follow up occurred to ensure the component at fault was properly adhering to the plan put in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMany actions remain incomplete, and communication of requirements was lacking,” the report claimed. \u201cDoD has implemented mechanisms to identify errors leading to improper travel payments, but these efforts do not clearly identify root causes of these errors or the cost-effectiveness of addressing them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The GAO report recommended the above flaws be addressed \u2014 remedies to the DoD\u2019s remediation plan \u2014 before travel pay can be accurately tracked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pentagon officials largely agreed with the GAO recommendations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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