Stop effort on improving legacy accounting systems in DoD; futur
DoD is sepnding hundreds of millions of dollars on getting legacy accounting systems auditable by 2017. Most systems were not built with a trail that would be considered adequate by a public accountant. Improving the legacy systems is a waste of money. DoD should put the money toward new systems and build the audit trail in the new system right the first time. Hundreds of millions of dollars could ne saved by working ...more »
DoD is sepnding hundreds of millions of dollars on getting legacy accounting systems auditable by 2017. Most systems were not built with a trail that would be considered adequate by a public accountant. Improving the legacy systems is a waste of money. DoD should put the money toward new systems and build the audit trail in the new system right the first time. Hundreds of millions of dollars could ne saved by working new systems and not the legacy systems.
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