On February 28, the GAO released its second annual report in response to the January 2011 GPRA Modernization Act (an update of the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993), which requires “OMB to coordinate with agencies to establish outcome-oriented goals covering a limited number of crosscutting policy areas as well as goals to improve management across the federal government, and to develop a government-wide performance plan for making progress toward achieving those goals.”

An audit released by the Deputy Assistant Inspector General (DAIG) for Acquisition Audits on February 3, 2012 questions the Multiple Award Schedule  (MAS) Program Industrial Funding Fee (IFF).

The attached memorandum has great significance in the conduct of business within DOD.  The memo, issued by the lead DOD procurement organization, essentially dictates to the DCAA how they will operate in conjunction with DCMA.  Note that the Directors of DOD agencies (including DCAA) are recipients of this memo and that DCAA had no meaningful input despite the implication that this is a joint DCMA/DCAA agreement.  DCAA reports to the DOD Comptroller whose name is nowhere to be seen in this document.  In the past, the DOD Comptroller was the DCAA champion and prevented “end runs” by the procurement community and the DOD Inspector General to usurp the DCAA role.  Not so now.