July 17, 2024

2023 Award Winners in Administrative Support and Administrative Technical Fields

Fort Belvoir, Va. — DCAA recently announced the winners of annual awards in the professional support staff and administrative technical categories. The Administrative/Technical Employee of the Year Award is presented to someone whose made significant contributions that follow certain criteria for each category. Many awardees accomplish major contributions to DCAA’s mission, exemplify DCAA values, and demonstrate outstanding expertise in their field.

July 15, 2024

Joyce McKenna Presented Prestigious William B. Petty Award

Fort Belvoir, Va. — Ms. Joyce McKenna is the Deputy Director of the GD-RTX Corporate Audit Directorate (CAD) office. As a result of Ms. McKenna’s outstanding work, she is this year’s recipient of the William B. Petty Special Achievement Award for Management Excellence.

July 8, 2024

David Hoffman Receives Prestigious Grechanik-Collins Award

Fort Belvoir, Va. — Mr. David Hoffman received the Grechanik-Collins Award, DCAA’s highest award for non-audit personnel, in recognition of his tremendous impacts to the agency. Mr. Hoffman is the DCAA Deputy General Counsel and has almost 40 years of legal experience with the United States Army and other Federal agencies.

June 17, 2024

Kathy Fastenau: Recipient of the United States Attorney’s Office Award

Fort Belvoir, Va. — Kathy Fastenau is a Senior Auditor with the Operations Investigative Support Division (OIS). The United States Attorney’s Office-Central District of California (USAO) selected Kathy as a recipient of the 20th Annual Law Enforcement Award for her outstanding work in support of the USAO’s prosecutions and litigation.

June 5, 2024

Best Places to Work in the Federal Government: DCAA 2023 Rank

Fort Belvoir, Va. — We are excited to announce that DCAA rose 25 places in the 2023 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government evaluation. Rank is determined by employee responses to the Federal Employee Survey on engagement and satisfaction.

June 3, 2024

New link and updates to Service Request Form

Fort Belvoir, Va. — In February 2024, DCAA launched an optional Service Request Form to the Request an Audit webpage. The new Service Request Form will replace the previous link on June 3, 2024, and includes three new features.

May 31, 2024

Leadership Highlights with Sudhanshu Singha

Fort Belvoir, Va. — Sudhanshu Singha is a Senior Auditor in an Eastern Region branch office and has five years of experience at DCAA.

May 29, 2024

Leading at DCAA with David Kim

Fort Belvoir, Va. — David Kim is a Program Manager for the Headquarters Policy Incurred Cost Division. Before this role, he gained extensive experience in various positions within DCAA including auditor, supervisor, and technical specialist.

May 28, 2024

Pam Kochis receives the Excellence in the Pursuit of Justice award

Fort Belvoir, Va. — DCAA Operations Investigative Support Auditor Pam Kochis was honored with the Excellence in the Pursuit of Justice Award on May 16, 2024. This prestigious award recognizes federal, state, and local law enforcement partners for their exceptional contributions to the Department of Justice mission.

May 22, 2024

Being a Regional Audit Manager at DCAA

Fort Belvoir, Va. — Charity Quan is a Regional Audit Manager (RAM) for the Western Region. Charity believes in the transformative power of education and strives to create and encourage learning and advancement.

May 15, 2024

How dedicated managers positively shape DCAA

Fort Belvoir, Va. — Cuong “Kong” Chau is a Field Audit Office Manager with a passion and appreciation for the flexibility and adaptability of others.

May 9, 2024

Alicia Freelon receives prestigious Spirit of Service Award

Arlington, Va. — To celebrate Public Service Recognition Week, the Department of Defense announced Alicia Freelon as the distinguished recipient of the Spirit of Service Award, Mentoring and Developing Others. She received her award during a ceremony at the Pentagon on May 9, 2024. This award honors her exemplary dedication to mentorship and leadership within the public sector.

May 8, 2024

Promoting collaboration and leadership development

Fort Belvoir, Va. — Ida Pham, a Regional Audit Manager in the Western Region currently working as the Acting Deputy Director, promotes collaboration and leadership development at DCAA.

April 12, 2024

April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month

Fort Belvoir, Va. — The Defense Contract Audit Agency joins the Defense Department recognizing April as Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. This year’s theme is “Building Connected Communities,” emphasizing the importance of working together to make impactful and meaningful changes.

April 1, 2024

Auditors Support Negotiations Resulting in Improved Customer Service

Fort Belvoir, Va. — Supervisory Auditor Kernather Ken Auguste and Senior Auditor Miguel Cardona work for the DCAA Orlando Field Audit Office and spent the past two years working on intensive negotiations after the audit revealed unfair costs for a complex aviation system.

March 20, 2024

Leadership essentials

Fort Belvoir, Va. — Ms. Debbra Caw has over 24 years of experience at the agency and more than 30 years of extensive leadership experience, she uses her experiences and position to make sure everyone can contribute to collaborating and sharing ideas to shape the future of the agency.

March 12, 2024

DCAA Leaders Awarded for Exemplary Work

Denton, Tx. — At the 2024 Leadership Conference, DCAA Director, Ms. Terri Dilly, dedicated time to recognize the exemplary work from DCAA leaders. These leaders received Director’s Challenge Coins, unique tokens that represent and recognize significant achievements.

Feb. 28, 2024

Teaching outside of DCAA

Fort Belvoir, Va. — Mr. Stanley (Stan) Jones is a senior level auditor in a field detachment office who enjoys music, quilting, card-making, and more. Stan’s early exposure to the arts was inspired by his mother, a retired bone-marrow transplant nurse. Continuing his mother’s legacy, Stan actively contributes to his community by volunteering to teach after-school care for high-risk, low-income families in his local community.

Feb. 23, 2024

2024 Leadership Conference: Learn Today, Lead Tomorrow

Denton, Tx. — The DCAA Leadership Conference is a critical event that offers a three-day immersive learning experience for upper-level leadership within DCAA. This year’s theme, “Learn Today, Lead Tomorrow,” emphasizes the need to continue learning to help ensure effective and successful long-term leadership and growth.

Feb. 22, 2024

Dave Bukauskas SES Induction Ceremony

Denton, Tx. — Mr. Dave Bukauskas was inducted as a member of the Senior Executive Services (SES) during a ceremony on Feb. 13, 2024, at DCAA’s 2024 Leadership Conference. Mr. Bukauskas is now the Deputy Regional Director, Central Region.

Feb. 15, 2024

Remembering Anita Bales

Fort Belvoir, Va. — Former DCAA Director Anita Bales passed away January 22, 2024, after a year-long illness. Ms. Bales served DCAA with unparalleled dedication and leadership for over 11 years, serving in both the Director and the Deputy Director position before retiring from DCAA on Jan. 28, 2022.

Feb. 14, 2024

Outside of DCAA: passions beyond auditing

Fort Belvoir, Va. — E.J. Rupert is an aspiring animated series writer who won first-place in the Creative Writing-Short Script category of the 2023 National Veterans Creative Arts Competition for his script, “Back to Fool.” E.J. will return to the National Veterans Creative Arts Competition in May of 2024 in Denver, Co. E.J. is also a part-time DJ, sings and plays the drums.

Feb. 13, 2024

DCAA Western Region auditors helped investigate a case that resulted in a $5 million settlement

Fort Belvoir, Va. — Merrill Technologies Group, Inc. (MTM), and its subsidiaries agreed to pay $5 million to resolve False Claims Act violations.

Jan. 23, 2024

DCAA Gives Happy and Exceeds Donation Goal for 2023 Combined Federal Campaign

Fort Belvoir, Va. — The Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) concluded on January 15. DCAA employees contributed nearly 100 volunteer hours and pledged over $35,000, exceeding DCAA’s pledge goal of $33,000.

Jan. 9, 2024

David Johnson Awarded as FY2023 Presidential Meritorious Executive Recipient

Fort Belvoir, Va. — DCAA’s Central Regional Director, Mr. David Johnson, was announced as a Presidential Meritorious Executive award recipient under the Department of Defense (DoD) Office of the Secretary of Defense for the 2023 fiscal year (FY). This award recognizes distinguished and sustained accomplishments to an exclusive number of the Senior Executive Service (SES) for the fiscal year.