Defense/IG Report: Financial Mismanagement- Common or special?

You make the call … does the headline reflect a new event or a problem that’s been around awhile?

IG’s Report Highlights ‘Material Weaknesses,’ Financial Mismanagement At The Pentagon, (Washington Post)…Walter Pincus. Dec 15, 2008. Most critiques of the Defense Department’s spending focus on macroeconomic issues that are so large, readers can only groan and move on. Last week provided yet another example: The Pentagon’s deputy inspector general for auditing released a 140-page independent auditor’s report on the department’s financial statements for fiscal 2007 and 2008.