DCAA Director “Reassigned” and New Director Selected

We just received notification as this newsletter goes to print that the current DCAA Director, April Stephenson will be replaced, effective Nov 9, by Patrick Fitzgerald, Auditor General of the Army. This stunning announcement is particularly interesting because we have never seen the recruitment of a director of DCAA outside of the agency. Whereas all the DCAA auditors we informally approached expressed support for Ms. Stephenson all the contractor and industry representatives we talked to expressed some form of relief. One comment is typical – it states though overall changes may take time to filter down to the branch offices, they express optimism that a “new businesslike direction in the conduct of DCAA” will occur so that now there will be “professional accountability” and audit opinions will now be based on “materiality concerns rather than the attribute based systems audits.” We look forward to a greater attitude of resolving DCAA-raised issues in a more cooperative manner than the rather adversarial stance we have been seeing lately.

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