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Ron Johnson: “It's been going on for 20 years, it doesn't seem like it's a…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

Senator Johnson at HSGAC

Published May 13, 2014 | Video Starts at 19:32

So that's what I want to talk about is where are we breaking down in terms of component parts in the Department of Defense to make this a manageable process? Because It's been going on for 20 years, it doesn't seem like it's a manageable process yet. And is that part of the problem, General Reinhold? Well, I would start, sir, that there are. Last year we did 12 financial statement audits in the Department of Defense. (19:32–19:36)

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Asserts that the audit process in the Department of Defense has been ongoing for 20 years without becoming manageable.

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“The reason we don't have an audit for the Defense Department is because we've been pursuing what should be a requirement, audit readiness.”
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“We should use audit as a real management tool [in the Department of Defense].”
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“We should break [the Department of Defense] into accountable component parts for audits.”
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“If back in 1994, you would have just started conducting audits... Why didn't we do that?”
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“How much of the Defense Department has undergone an audit?”
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“In a public company, you'd audit a division or a department and you knock it down to small enough component parts.”
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“The goal of an audit is to provide management information.”
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“My approach is conduct the audit and use the management results.”
Senator Johnson at HSGAC | Uploaded May 13, 2014 | 09:08-09:12
“You're never going to get an unqualified opinion if you don't have prior years experience.”
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“Once you start doing it, they'll be accountable and they'll get into line.”
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“Government shutdowns and budget dysfunction disrupt the ability to obtain an audit.”
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“The private sector manages audits despite uncertainty and disruptions.”
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“In my plastics manufacturing business, we required every operator to attach their initials to every roll of plastic they produced.”
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“In the private sector, you can have an assembly of hundreds of individual divisions all being audited, all being held accountable.”
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“How much are we spending trying to get audit ready?”
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