{"id":23082,"date":"2021-05-27T21:35:18","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T21:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/05\/27\/lawmakers-continue-to-seek-answers-from-secnav-on-proposed-naval-audit-service-cuts\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:11:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:11:29","slug":"lawmakers-continue-to-seek-answers-from-secnav-on-proposed-naval-audit-service-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/05\/27\/lawmakers-continue-to-seek-answers-from-secnav-on-proposed-naval-audit-service-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers continue to seek answers from SECNAV on proposed Naval Audit Service cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A group of U.S. House members are again asking acting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navy.mil\/Leadership\/Biographies\/BioDisplay\/Article\/2242725\/thomas-w-harker\/\" target=\"_blank\">Navy Secretary Thomas Harker<\/a> for more information on the department\u2019s plans to cut funding and staff for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/02\/23\/navy-looking-to-slash-the-budget-of-its-internal-oversight-office\/\" target=\"_blank\">Naval Audit Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">News of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/02\/23\/navy-looking-to-slash-the-budget-of-its-internal-oversight-office\/\" target=\"_blank\">the proposed cuts<\/a> was first reported by Navy Times earlier this year, after several auditors expressed concern about plans to cut the internal oversight office by as much as 70 percent in the coming years while shrinking its team from roughly 290 people to 85.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Auditors fear the ramifications of the Navy cutting its internal watchdog as the department aims to grow the fleet and spend billions in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harker has argued that cuts to the audit service\u2019s $45 million annual budget can go toward shipbuilding and that the enterprise has enough oversight entities whose duties overlap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But a letter sent by four House Democrats to Harker Thursday chides the acting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/05\/19\/secnav-navy-seeking-more-mental-health-funding-in-upcoming-budget\/\" target=\"_blank\">SECNAV<\/a> for pursuing such cuts without consulting Congress \u201cwhile simultaneously directing (the Naval Audit Service) to discontinue its audit and oversight work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/02\/23\/navy-looking-to-slash-the-budget-of-its-internal-oversight-office\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/audit-service.png.png?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Navy looking to slash the budget of its internal oversight office<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Naval Audit Service could face a 70 percent budget cut in the next two fiscal years, according to internal documents.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is not evident to us that the cost savings created by your proposed cuts to NAS would outweigh the long-term benefits of the organization\u2019s critical oversight work,\u201d states the letter, which comes a day before the Pentagon is expected to release the Fiscal Year fiscal 2022 budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The letter, signed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/news\/press-releases\/subcommittee-chairman-lynch-and-reps-luria-jacobs-and-peters-seek-justification\" target=\"_blank\">House Committee on Oversight and Reform\u2019s<\/a> National Security Subcommittee Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/lynch.house.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rep. Stephen Lynch<\/a>, D-Mass., California Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/sarajacobs.house.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sara Jacobs<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/scottpeters.house.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Peters<\/a>, as well as Virginia Congresswoman and retired Navy officer <a href=\"https:\/\/luria.house.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Elaine Luria<\/a>, alleges that the Navy is already moving forward with slashing the audit service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou have reportedly ordered (the Naval Audit Service) to reduce its staff by more than half by October and informed the Auditor General to \u2018not begin any new audits this year,\u2019\u201d the letter to Harker states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Luria has sought more information from Harker on the proposed audit service cuts since February but has not received all the information requested, according to this week\u2019s letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harker\u2019s spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday, but he has in recent months defended the cuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/04\/08\/naval-audit-service-cuts-despite-lawmaker-opposition-still-pushed-by-navy-department\/\" target=\"_blank\">a letter to Luria in March<\/a>, Harker wrote that the Navy was \u201cconcerned\u201d about \u201cthe size and cost\u201d of oversight offices such as the audit service, offices of inspectors general and other oversight entities, and the overlap of their mandates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a result, the Navy plans to \u201creshape\u201d the audit service and disperse its employees to jobs elsewhere in the Department of the Navy, Harker wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/04\/08\/naval-audit-service-cuts-despite-lawmaker-opposition-still-pushed-by-navy-department\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Luria-on-Ford.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Naval Audit Service cuts still pushed by Navy Department, despite lawmaker opposition<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Navy leaders say oversight remains important, but some on Capitol Hill want to know more about the rationale for such cuts.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, Harker said the audit service \u201cremains a critical oversight activity of the Department,\u201d and that the service \u201cwill perform targeted audits of interest for the Secretary of the Navy, focusing on areas of largest impact to the DON mission that, consequently, provide the largest returns on investment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Thursday\u2019s letter pushes back on Harker\u2019s contention that the Navy doesn\u2019t need more oversight, contending that \u201cthe Navy\u2019s checkered record in developing and acquiring new vessels exemplifies why more oversight is necessary, not less.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy\u2019s pricey shipbuilding fiascos of recent years, including the littoral combat ship, the Zumwalt class destroyers and the carrier Gerald R. 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