GAO Financial Savings

Defense Audits Lead the Way Gao ID: 113275 January 1, 1980

This article appeared in the GAO Review, Vol. 15, Issue 3, Summer 1980. Measurable financial savings resulting from GAO audits for the fiscal years 1976 through 1979 were almost 18 times the GAO operating budget for those years. Most of the financial savings come from defense-related audits. During fiscal years 1978 and 1979, GAO defense-related work accounted for 65 percent of the measurable financial savings, including 51 percent of actual collections. GAO does not make judgments on military strategy and tactics or threat assessment. It must confine judgments to the capability of the military to carry out the strategy and tactics they have decided are required. Solid audit support and constructive audit recommendations are needed to effect improvements. The GAO Logistics and Communications Division also has the responsibility for logistics management, facilities acquisition and management, military readiness, Federal information, and communications.



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