{"id":48699,"date":"2026-05-15T14:25:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T14:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2026\/05\/15\/dod-faces-mounting-pressure-to-pass-clean-audit-for-the-first-time\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:14:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:14:05","slug":"dod-faces-mounting-pressure-to-pass-clean-audit-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2026\/05\/15\/dod-faces-mounting-pressure-to-pass-clean-audit-for-the-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"DoD faces mounting pressure to pass clean audit for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House lawmakers and government watchdogs expressed skepticism Wednesday about the Defense Department\u2019s ability to produce a clean financial audit by a Dec. 31, 2028, statutory deadline. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing on the DoD years-long struggle to produce a clean financial audit despite claiming around half of the government\u2019s discretionary spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congress passed a measure as part of the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act that requires the DoD to produce a clean audit by Dec. 31, 2028. \u201cClean\u201d means a clear enough accounting of the military\u2019s assets, what was budgeted and spent, along with evidence and documentation, so that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/gao-26-109115-highlights.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">the Government Accountability Office<\/a> can make an accurate assessment of the entire federal government\u2019s finances. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Marine Corps has been the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/naval\/2025\/02\/04\/marine-corps-passes-second-straight-audit-as-other-services-lag-behind\/?contentQuery=%7B%22includeSections%22%3A%22%2Fhome%22%2C%22excludeSections%22%3A%22%22%2C%22feedSize%22%3A10%2C%22feedOffset%22%3A215%7D&amp;contentFeatureId=f0fmoahPVC2AbfL-2-1-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">only service to pass<\/a> an audit<b> <\/b>since 2018, when it was first mandated to conduct a full audit. To date, the DoD has never passed a full, clean audit, according to the GAO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the course of Wednesday\u2019s hearing, both the members of the subcommittee on government operations and some of the witnesses had some concern about the department\u2019s ability to pull it off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s a standard that every other large [government] agency is able to meet, and meet regularly,\u201d Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Md., said in his opening remarks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Knowing that the Pentagon has failed to deliver on that, Mfume said he could not vote for the proposed massive increase to DoD\u2019s budget \u2014 from around $901 billion for fiscal 2026 to $1.5 trillion for fiscal 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2024, the committee instituted a new system for the DoD\u2019s auditing process, which follows a rubric or scorecard. Since that strategy was implemented, committee chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas, said, \u201cProgress was made but not enough to ensure full financial transparency and accountability. Financial transparency and accountability are core principles of good government.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The underlying problems, as both Sessions and Asif Khan, director of the GAO, pointed out, are the internal accounting, budget and expenditure mechanisms across the DoD. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is not a new issue; in fact, it has been going on for 30 years, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.house.gov\/meetings\/GO\/GO24\/20260513\/119269\/HHRG-119-GO24-Wstate-KhanA-20260513.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">Khan\u2019s pre-hearing witness testimony.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn 1995, GAO designated DoD financial management as a high-risk area because of pervasive weaknesses in its financial management systems, business processes, internal controls, corrective action plans, acquisition management and financial monitoring and reporting,\u201d the testimony reads. \u201cIn 2025, we expanded DoD\u2019s 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