March 4, 2025

West Coast Branch Office receives positive customer feedback

Fort Belvoir, Va. — The West Coast Branch Office Field Detachment (FD) and Nevada sub-office received positive feedback during a semi-annual program management review with the contractor and customer.

Feb. 27, 2025

Alessia Pro Trans Spedition (APT) guilty plea to kickbacks and favorable treatment

Fort Belvoir, Va. — An Alessia Pro Trans Spedition (APT) owner, who was also employed with Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR), recently pleaded guilty to kickbacks and favorable treatment.

Feb. 25, 2025

Joshua Monthie awarded for outstanding contributions to audit team

Fort Belvoir, Va. — Supervisory Auditor Joshua (Josh) Monthie was recently awarded the Corporate Audit Directorate (CAD) Director’s coin for his outstanding contributions to the audit team. His critical thinking and proactive approach to work helped identify $42 million in questioned costs

Feb. 20, 2025

Cambridge International Systems $2.25 million guilty plea in government contracts bribery scheme

Fort Belvoir, Va. — Cambridge International Systems, Inc. (Cambridge) and the former executive vice president, Russell Thurston, pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to commit bribery scheme.

Feb. 18, 2025

The Michaels, a unique DCAA family

Fort Belvoir, Va. — Many connections can be found at the Defense Contract Audit Agency. Friends, colleagues, and even families are found across the regions and offices within DCAA. Among the families working at DCAA, many are spouses, some are children and parents; but one family has a unique reputation at the agency.

Feb. 13, 2025

A look back to the 60’s

Fort Belvoir, Va. — On July 1, 1965, the Defense Contract Audit Agency was officially created.

Feb. 11, 2025

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation False Claims Act violation results in $15 million settlement

Fort Belvoir, Va. — Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (Booz Allen) agreed to pay the United States over $15 million to resolve allegations against Booz Allen’s subsidiary, Booz Allen Hamilton Engineering Services LLC (BES).

Jan. 31, 2025

DCAA donates over $70,000 through the 2024 Combined Federal Campaign

Fort Belvoir, Va. — From the start of September 2024 to Jan. 15, 2025, DCAA employees donated over $70,000 to the Combined Federal Campaign, exceeding DCAA’s pledge goal.

Jan. 29, 2025

A legacy of DCAA service

Fort Belvoir, Va. — Many connections can be found at the Defense Contract Audit Agency. Friends, colleagues, and even families are found across the regions and offices within DCAA. Among the families working at DCAA, many are spouses, some are children and parents, and one family is Julie Long’s. Julie is a Program Analyst whose family legacy spans three generations and nearly 60 years of service to DCAA.

Dec. 31, 2024

Holiday Cheer and Networking

Fort Belvoir, Va. — DCAA personnel in Headquarters participated in the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) tree lighting ceremony on December 10 at the McNamara Headquarters complex. The Headquarters annual holiday party took place on the second floor of the McNamara Headquarters building later that week on December 12.

Dec. 30, 2024

Mr. Joseph Bucsko joins Senior Executive Service as the Deputy Regional Director, Eastern Region

Fort Belvoir, Va. — Mr. Joseph Bucsko was officially inducted into the Senior Executive Services (SES) during a ceremony on Dec. 11, 2024.

Dec. 11, 2024

Ms. Debbra Caw awarded 2024 Meritorious Presidential Rank Award

Fort Belvoir, Va. — Ms. Debbra Caw earned the 2024 Meritorious Presidential Rank Award (PRA), one of the most prestigious awards in the career civilian service.

Dec. 5, 2024

Ms. Ida Pham joins the Senior Executive Service

Fort Belvoir, Va. — Ms. Ida Pham joined the Senior Executive Service (SES) as the Deputy Regional Director, Western Region, in October 2024.

Nov. 22, 2024

Setting the Tempo via Town Hall

Reston, Va. — On Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, Ms. Jennifer Desautel, DCAA Director, hosted a town hall for approximately 250 DCAA attendees from 13 field audit offices within the Eastern Region, Field Detachment and Headquarters.

Nov. 5, 2024

Ms. Desautel Sets DCAA’s 2024 CFC Goal

Fort Belvoir, Va. — This year’s Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) is well underway and DCAA has already begun to “Give Happy.”

Oct. 24, 2024

Ms. Jennifer Desautel Appointed DCAA Director

Fort Belvoir, Va. — Ms. Jennifer Desautel was appointed as the Director of the Defense Contract Audit Agency on Oct. 20, 2024. Ms. Desautel is a results-driven leader with a proven track record in driving transformative and strategic change, while leveraging advanced technologies to enhance capabilities.

Oct. 21, 2024

Giving Happy for the Future

Fort Belvoir, Va. — DCAA is proudly participating in this year’s annual Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). This year, Kim Cook is the DCAA CFC Representative. While her role is to help coordinate, spread awareness, and answer questions about the campaign, she also shines a light on the personal impact the campaign has on others.

Oct. 18, 2024

A warm goodbye and thank you to Ms. Terri Dilly, DCAA Director

Arlington, Va. — After devoting more than three decades to Federal service, Ms. Terri Dilly, Director, retired on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024.

Oct. 16, 2024

Mentor Perspectives on the DCAA Mentorship Program

Fort Belvoir, Va. — The 2023 Mentorship Program cohort just completed another year of success, shining a light on the value this program brings to all participants. This year, we spoke with a few mentors who shared their experiences and perspectives on the program, offering a behind-the-scenes look at how mentorship at DCAA creates lasting impacts.

Sept. 17, 2024

Laura Michaels awarded for workforce development contributions

Fort Belvoir, Va. — On Aug. 28, 2024, Laura Michaels, Corporate Audit Manager in the Central Region, was awarded the Contributions to Workforce Development award.

Sept. 11, 2024

Remembering September 11, 2001

Fort Belvoir, Va. — DCAA honors the memories of those who died in the September 11, 9/11, terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pa.

Sept. 9, 2024

Operations Investigative Support Division assists fraud case against Prysmian Cable and Systems USA LLC

Fort Belvoir — Prysmian Cable and Systems USA LLC (Prysmian) agreed to pay $920,000 to settle allegations of violating the False Claims Act by knowingly falsifying test results and failing to conduct required testing on cables used in vehicles created for military use between 2005 to 2021.

Sept. 2, 2024

Auditors support case against Amethyst Research, Inc. resulting in $645,000 settlement

Fort Belvoir, Va. — DCAA’s Operations Investigation Support Division (OIS) supported an investigation with the Defense Criminal Investigation Service (DCIS). Amethyst Research, Inc. (ARI) agreed to pay $645,000 to settle fraud allegations from the U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of NASA and the DoD.

Aug. 21, 2024

DCAA 2023 Team of the Year Award

Fort Belvoir, Va. — The Operations Technical Audit Services (OTS) Quantitative Methods Center of Excellence (QM CoE) team was named the DCAA 2023 Team of the Year.

Aug. 19, 2024

DCAA Employees Awarded 2023 Meritorious Civilian Service Awards

Fort Belvoir, Va. — The Meritorious Civilian Service Award recognizes DCAA employees who accomplish their duties in an exceptional manner; inspire others to improve the quality and quantity of their work; and exercise initiative creating processes that result in new and substantial savings.