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Contract Management: Fixing DOD's Payment Problems Is Imperative

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date April 10, 1997
Report No. NSIAD-97-37
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Summary:

The Defense Department has made hundreds of millions of dollars in overpayments to contractors, many undetected for years, because it uses inadequate computer systems requiring manual entry of often erroneous or incomplete data and a burdensome document-matching process. Improving DOD's payment system will not be easy or quick. It will take sustained top management attention and support for years to come. Although DOD is taking some steps to overcome its payment problems, it remains to be seen how successful they will be. Emulating the best practices used by the private sector could help DOD reengineer its payment system.

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