March 25, 2025

Medal of Honor Day: Honoring heroes with the United States' highest medal for valor

Fort Belvoir, Va. — The Medal of Honor was established by Congress during the American Civil War by Senator James Grimes and Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles to inspire sailors to valorous service.

March 20, 2025

New England Branch Office receives letter of appreciation

Fort Belvoir, Va. — The New England Branch Office received a letter of appreciation from the Office of Naval Research Contracting Officer.

March 18, 2025

DCAA investigative auditors use data analytics to support $600,000 settlement case

Fort Belvoir, Va. — DCAA Operations Investigative Support Division (OIS) investigative auditors provided support in an investigative case against Whitney Blake Company and its subsidiary Live Wire.

March 13, 2025

Colorado Springs Branch Office overcomes challenges and provides value to buying command

Fort Belvoir, Va. — The DCAA Colorado Springs Branch Office issued an audit report for a Fixed Price proposal regarding military aircraft. The audit team issued an adverse opinion due to the contractor not supporting $20 million of proposed costs and questioning over $700,000.

March 11, 2025

DCAA auditors spark strengthened partnership with the Defense Contract Management Agency

Fort Belvoir, Va. — Agency News – Auditors from DCAA’s Atlanta Branch Office supported the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) during meetings related to an adverse opinion case.

March 6, 2025

Auditors provide crucial assistance on $750,000 case against Strategic Technology Institute Inc.

Fort Belvoir, Va. — DCAA investigative auditors from the Operations Investigative Support Division (OIS) provided investigative support for a case where Strategic Technology Institute Inc. (STI) was allegedly submitting false documents to the government for services not received.

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.