{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://sessions.house.gov/2024/12/after-dod-fails-its-seventh-financial-audit-sessions-asks-gao-to-address-waste-fraud-and-abuse", "After DOD Fails its Seventh Financial Audit, Sessions Asks GAO to Address Waste, Fraud, and Abuse", "2024-12-11", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "House", "TX", "Pete Sessions", "S000250", "sessions.house.gov", "sessions", "https://sessions.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON\u2014Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (TX-17) is requesting the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) continue to support efforts to conduct oversight of U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and its failure to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse within the Department. In a letter to GAO Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, Subcommittee Chairman Sessions requests GAO\u2019s ongoing assistance in analyzing the results of DOD\u2019s fiscal year 2024 audits which provides Committee investigators insight to progress in reducing waste, fraud, and abuse within the DOD.\n\n\u201cIn September 2024 the Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce held a hearing to examine DOD\u2019s financial management practices and progress towards achieving a clean audit opinion,\u201dwrote Subcommittee Chairman Sessions. \u201cDuring that hearing, we released a DOD Financial Management Scorecard with DOD earning mostly failing grades across the board. The Committee was significantly informed by the scorecard developed with GAO\u2019s support.\u201d\n\nIn fiscal year 2024, DOD underwent its seventh financial statement audit, and again received a disclaimer of opinion. For the seventh time consecutively, auditors were unable to \u201cobtain sufficient, appropriate audit evidence to support an opinion.\u201d GAO continues to designate DOD\u2019s financial management and business systems modernization efforts as high risk because of pervasive deficiencies in the department\u2019s business processes, internal controls, financial reporting, and financial management systems.\n\n\u201cTo continue informing this Committee\u2019s oversight of DOD financial management, and given GAO\u2019s extensive work in this area, we are requesting GAO\u2019s ongoing assistance in analyzing the results of DOD\u2019s Fiscal Year 2024 audits,\u201dcontinued Subcommittee Chairman Sessions. \u201cThis will allow us to track DOD\u2019s progress toward achieving a clean audit opinion as well as progress in key areas that support a clean audit\u2014the status of DOD financial management system modernization efforts and compliance with relevant legislative requirements. This analysis and the updated scorecard will provide the Committee with a valuable monitoring tool to effectively inform the DOD oversight work of this Committee.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:13:55Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://sessions.house.gov/2024/12/after-dod-fails-its-seventh-financial-audit-sessions-asks-gao-to-address-waste-fraud-and-abuse"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1765628587454557, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}