
The head of the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), April G. Stephenson, is being removed, according to an e-mail she wrote today to DCAA employees. And at least some observers see the move as a result of misdirected anger from Congress. Her removal comes after a contentious September hearing focused on Government Accountability Office findings of widespread deficiencies in DCAA audits conducted before Stephenson's tenure as director of the DCAA. Read more

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