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DoD, Service Comptrollers Optimistic About Achieving Early Audit Readiness by September

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, May 13th, 2014

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DoD, Service Comptrollers Optimistic About Achieving Early Audit Readiness by September

The “great majority” of Defense Department financial records will be audit-ready by a Sept. 30 deadline, but the department will not audit records it knows won’t pass, DoD Comptroller Robert Hale told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday. DoD set a series of goals for itself during the tenure of former secretary Leon Panetta: by the end of fiscal year 2014, the department would have all its Statements of Budgetary Resources audit-ready, and in FY ’15…

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Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

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Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

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HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]