A Call to Action
A Call to Action

Author: Michael J. Davidson

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Published: 2008

Total Pages: 190

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Fraud has been a persistent threat to the integrity of the federal procurement system, especially for the American military, since the days of the American Revolution. Recent reports of corrupt contractors and corrupted government officials clearly show that the problem remains unabated. This is a study of the history of procurement fraud, with a particular focus on the defense industry, an analysis of various systemic failures in the government s corruption control legal regime, and a series of proposals to strengthen the government s ability to combat it. About the author: Michael J. Davidson enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1977. He graduated from West Point in 1982 and served as both an artillery officer and as an Army lawyer before retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel in 2002. He is currently a lawyer with the federal government. After obtaining his law degree from the College of William and Mary, he obtained a master s degree in military law from the Army s Judge Advocate General s School, a second master s degree in government procurement law from George Washington University, and a Doctor of Judicial Science from George Washington University. As a lawyer, he has experience with procurement fraud in the criminal, civil, administrative and contractual contexts. He lives in Fairfax, Virginia with his wife, Nancy, and their three daughters."

DOD Fraud Risk Management
DOD Fraud Risk Management

Author: United States. Government Accountability Office

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Published: 2021

Total Pages: 62

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DOD obligated $421.8 billion in fiscal year 2020 on contracts. GAO has long reported that DOD’s procurement processes are vulnerable to waste, fraud, and abuse. In 2018, DOD reported to Congress that from fiscal years 2013- 2017, over $6.6 billion had been recovered from defense-contracting fraud cases. In 2020, the DOD Office of Inspector General reported that roughly one-in-five of its ongoing investigations are related to procurement fraud. This report assesses the steps DOD took in fiscal year 2020 (1) to combat department- wide fraud risks and (2) to conduct a fraud risk assessment and ensure that DOD’s component organizations reported procurement fraud risks. GAO makes five recommendations, including that DOD fill all Task Force positions, update its policy to require fraud risk assessments, and ensure that components assess procurement fraud risks.