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Accession Number:

AD1155037

Title:

Defense's Accounting For Its Contracts Has Too Many Errors - Standardized Accounting Procedures Are Needed

Author(s):

• Wacker, Fred

Author Organization(s):

• United States General Accounting Office

Report Date:

1980-01-09

Abstract:

Nonstandard contract accounting procedures used by Defense components cause substantial errors in reporting, recording, and controlling contract financial data, and spending millions of dollars in unnecessary personnel and other costs due to duplication of accounting functions.

Document Type:

Conference:

Journal:

Pages:

32

File Size:

2.02MB

Contracts:

Grants:

Descriptors:

• contract administration
• law
• procurement
• contracts
• military standards
• standards
• united states
• air force
• control systems
• foreign military sales
• department of defense
• logistics
• abstracts
• accounting
• coding
• computer programming
• contractors

SubjectCategory:

• Behavioral and Social Sciences
• Behavioral and Social Sciences

Communities of Interest:

• Human Systems

Distribution Statement:

Approved For Public Release

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