GAO examining acquisition workforce fund at Thornberry's behest

摘要

The Government Accountability Office is examining the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund to determine how it has been used in the past, whether it has sufficient internal controls in place and how it could be used in the future, according to a GAO official. The congressional watchdog agency intends to release a report on the DAWDF to lawmakers by year's end, Timothy DiNapoli, GAO's director for acquisition and sourcing management, told Inside the Pentagon in a July 12 interview. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) called for GAO to examine the DAWDF in a Dec. 3, 2015, letter. Lawmakers established the fund in 2008 to provide a dedicated source of money to recruit, train and keep acquisition professionals.