Audit work and fixes could cost Pentagon nearly $1 billion this year

Published January 10, 2018 4:48pm ET



House lawmakers on Wednesday applauded the Pentagon’s effort to finally undergo a full audit, even though Defense Department Comptroller David Norquist said the effort could lead to almost $1 billion in costs this year.

Those costs include $367 million on the actual audit process that was announced and launched by Norquist last month. He also said the military expects to pay $551 million to fix the problems uncovered by the audit.

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