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DOD financial management Marine Corps statement of budgetary resources audit results and lessons learned : report to congressional requesters

Long-standing weaknesses in Department of Defense (DOD) business processes, systems, and controls have hindered efforts to achieve financial audit readiness. Because DOD relies heavily on budget information for day-to-day management decisions, in August 2009, the DOD Comptroller designated the Statement of Budgetary Resources (SBR) as an audit priority. The U.S. Marine Corps was identified as the pilot military service for an SBR audit. GAO was asked to determine (1) the primary reasons the Marine Corps was unable to obtain an opinion on its fiscal year 2010 SBR; (2) the effectiveness and status of the Marine Corps' remediation plan, and (3) military service efforts to leverage Marine Corps SBR audit lessons. GAO reviewed auditor findings and recommendations, evaluated the Marine Corps corrective action plans, and reviewed documentation on military service audit readiness and lessons learned efforts. During its work, GAO met with DOD, Marine Corps, military service, and Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) officials and the auditors. GAO makes recommendations to (1) the Marine Corps to develop a risk-based remediation plan and confirm its actions fully respond to auditor recommendations and (2) DOD to direct other military services to consider key lessons learned in their audit readiness plans, as appropriate. DOD concurred with three of four recommendations but said the recommendation for a risk-based plan was too prescriptive. GAO believes this is needed for the long term.

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