The Lacuna Project

lacuna (n.) a gap in a record where something should be

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Person

David L. Norquist (Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) in 2018)

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • DEF-3.6: An unsupported accounting adjustment is a change to the accounting records that lacks the documentation showing why it was made. In 2018 the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) told the House Armed Services Committee that this is not the same thing as not being able to account for money that Congress has given the department to spend.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 285 10 January 2018. House Committee on Armed Services: Department of Defense Update on the Financial Improvement and Audit Remediation Plan, H.A.S.C. No. 115-64