Committee on the fullscale audit that began last month. The hearing runs one hour and 45 minutes. The committee will come to order. David norquest as our witness today. The topic is the audit of the department of defense which by law begins this fiscal year. I will just say it is not by accident that the committee will start our year on this topic. Been ang the audit has bipartisan priority for some time. The act of 1990 required all federal departments conduct an audit. The 2010 and eaa required that the the departments be ready for audit by 2017. This panel on defense Financial Management and reform put scrutiny on the departments efforts and issued a number of recommendations that enabled us to arrive at this point. Eaa ndaa results are to be delivered next year. I want to commend chairman conaway for his expertise and persistence on this issue as well as mr. Courtney who was also a member of the audit panel several years ago. They will both be glad to know that we have had addition
The committee will come to order. The Committee Welcomes david norquists as our witness today. The topic is the audit of the department of defense, which by law begins this fiscal year. Will just say it is not by accident that the committee will start our year on this topic. Been ang the audit has bipartisan priority for some time. The act of 1990 required all federal departments conduct an audit. The 2010 and eaa required that the the departments be ready for audit by 2017. This panel on defense Financial Management and reform put scrutiny on the departments efforts and issued a number of recommendations that enabled us to arrive at this point. Eaa ndaa results are to be delivered next year. I want to commend chairman conaway for his expertise and persistence on this issue as well as mr. Courtney who was also a member of the audit panel several years ago. They will both be glad to know that we have had additional members join the committee in recent years who can contribute their back