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Who Guards the Guardians?
Officials at the Pentagon's Defense Contract Audit Agency are supposed to uncover fraud and waste in government contracts. But the agency is now charged with spending 1,139 man-hours altering its own files to pass an internal review. The agency actually brought in help from other offices to change the files, costing taxpayers some $1,600 in travel expenses.
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