
The Deputy Secretary of Defense told lawmakers on Wednesday the Pentagon’s recently failed audit was expected as the department makes incremental improvements to address lagging inefficiencies, noting he predicts a majority of the department’s agencies will receive a clean audit within the next five years. David Norquist said during a Senate Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support hearing the department has already found cost savings after completing a full financial audit, and expected the $1 billion cost of the audit…