DOD Seeks New Authority To Boost Auditing of Defense Intelligence

摘要

The Pentagon is asking Congress to grant the defense secretary the power to authorize the transfer of defense appropriations into accounts established by the treasury secretary in order to improve the ability of defense intelligence elements to audit their expenditures. According to a recent legislative request obtained by Inside the Pentagon, the proposal would "improve the ability of defense intelligence elements to audit expenditures." The legislative request notes that this proposal "is consistent with similar fiscal authority" granted to the defense secretary related to the management of defense intelligence elements. The Defense Department's proposal would "expressly preserve limitations on time and purpose for the appropriations placed into these accounts," the request states. "Transfer of funds to new accounts will not change how these funds may be used to pay authorized obligations of the respective element for an obligation that occurs within the allotted period of availability," DOD writes.