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SEC’s ex-chief accountant: Is agency a lapdog or watchdog?

A former Securities and Exchange Commission official urged the regulator “to get serious about enforcement.”

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Can an auditor still be independent after 100 years on a corporate payroll?

By Shirley Gao

Supreme Court leaves most of auditing regulator intact

Philadelphia Housing Authority spent millions improperly

By Aaron Mehta

Lack of regs fueled accounting scandal

By The Center for Public Integrity

Excerpts from this story referencing "financial audit":

"… mely warnings about companies that failed within months of an unqualified (financial audit) report?” Reed asked.James Doty, chairman of the Public Company Accounti …"

Pentagon's accounting shambles may cost an additional $1 billion

By R. Jeffrey Smith

DOD said its books wouldn't be clean until 2017; Panetta wants to move the deadline up

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Billions of dollars for fancy software and where has it gotten them?

By R. Jeffrey Smith

Pentagon’s annual financial report still unreliable, inconsistent

By Julie Vorman

Pentagon contract reform: A decades-old conversation

By Nick Schwellenbach

Pentagon efforts to straighten out bookkeeping face billion-dollar cost overruns

By Zach Toombs

Excerpts from this story referencing "The Pentagon":

"… ystems have proven so difficult to implement. …"

"… clear components of ICBMs – were not recorded correctly.Service rivalriesThe Pentagon’s effort to comply with the deadlines have also appeared to lack coordin …"