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June 2, 2023

Outstanding Supervisors Recognized by Director

At the recent Supervisors Conference, DCAA's Director Terri Dilly, recognized 13 supervisors and conference organizers for their hard work and dedication.

May 30, 2023

Conference Grows Skills

.The May session of the supervisors conference recently concluded in Denton, Texas. The three-day conference focused on developing self, teams and supervisory audit skills.

May 17, 2023

Negotiation Support Leads to Significant Savings for Taxpayers

The Boeing Evergreen Resident Office performed an audit on a $4.4 billion proposal and supported negotiations resulting in $176 million in savings.

May 12, 2023

Museum Tour highlights Importance of DCAA Mission

DCAA’s Director recently visited the RTX Pratt and Whitney Resident Office and RTX Collins Aerospace Resident Office in Hartford and the GD Electric Boat Office in Groton, Connecticut to hear from the audit staff and meet with the leadership teams.

May 2, 2023

Auditors Support Investigation

Roy Nelson, Senior Auditor, and Jeff C. Beck, Supervisory Auditor, reviewed proposal documents and invoice history to identify the proposed part costs and prepared a projected damage analysis for the Department of Justice related to a settlement of $21.8 million.

April 27, 2023

Providing Assistance in Tel Aviv

Katelyn Rigle, Financial Liaison Advisor for the Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP), recently traveled to Tel Aviv, Israel, to provide assistance with pre-proposal conferences, training, and guidance.

April 24, 2023

DCAA Director Visits Virginia Tidewater Area Offices

Director Dilly visited the Hampton Roads and Newport News Field Audit Offices and conducted town hall meetings to hear from the staff and discuss her vision for the Agency. During these sessions, she thanked the staff for their hard work, flexibility and professionalism.

April 6, 2023

Mr. Christopher Andrezze Retires after 39 Year Career

Mr. Christopher Andrezze retired on March 31, 2023 after a 39-year career with the Defense Contract Audit Agency. A member of the Senior Executive Service since 2000, he retired from his position as the Corporate Audit Director of the Northrop Grumman Corporate Audit Directorate (CAD).

March 30, 2023

Pharmacist Found Guilty of 22 Felonies Totaling $11 Million in Tricare Fraud

DCAA Supervisory Auditors Mark Saunders, Fei Lincoln, and Technical Specialist Elba Piligrino assisted in a case involving healthcare fraud. Sentencing for this case is scheduled for April 2023.

March 28, 2023

Process Mapping Builds Synergy

Participants from the DCAA and the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) met in Irving, Texas for a week long session focused on process mapping.

March 23, 2023

DCAA Launches Customer Feedback Initiative

Feedback from our customers is very important and helps us shape our audits and advisory services to meet customer needs. To expand the number of customers who have the opportunity to provide feedback, we developed an automated form or survey, which everyone is welcome to complete.

March 22, 2023

Meet Auditor and Author Elizabeth Passo

Elizabeth Passo, Cost Accounting Standard Technical Specialist for the Lockheed Martin/BAE Corporate Audit Directorate, is an auditor and an author. She has written three children’s books, two based on Santa’s reindeer and the third a vocabulary building comic book for reluctant readers.

March 13, 2023

Two Biotech Firms & Co-Founder to Pay over $10 Million for Mischarging Federal Grants

DCAA auditor Maria Rosalinda Perez-Rivera and Supervisory Auditor Fei Lincoln provided assistance in a case involving two biotech firms and allegations of improper billing to federal grants.

March 8, 2023

Telling Her Story through Toastmasters International

Ms. Gloria Harrell, Administrative Assistant for the Policy and Quality Directorate, was selected as the Toastmaster of the Year for the McNamara Complex Chapter of Toastmasters International.

Feb. 27, 2023

Mr. Hodges Inducted into Senior Executive Service

Mr. Patrick Hodges was inducted into the Senior Executive Service on February 15, 2023. Mr. Hodges has been serving as DCAA’s General Counsel since January 2023.

Feb. 24, 2023

Defense Acquisition Workforce Individual Achievement Award for Auditing

Ms. Elaine Reilly, Branch Manager of the Valley Forge Branch Office, is this year’s winner of the Fiscal Year 2022 Defense Acquisition Workforce Individual Achievement Award for Auditing.

Feb. 16, 2023

Recruiting Summit

DCAA’s human capital and auditor recruiting team conducted a recruiting summit to kick off the Agency’s updated on-campus recruiting strategy.

Feb. 14, 2023

General Dynamics/Raytheon Technologies & Field Detachment Management Jamboree

The Corporate Audit Manager for the General Dynamics/Raytheon Technologies (GDRT) RTX Heritage Field Audit Office and the supporting Field Detachment (FD) Regional Audit Manager hosted a three-day management Jamboree.

Feb. 10, 2023

Investigation Leads to Settlement Agreement of over $475,000

DCAA Operations Investigative Support Division auditor Igor Yegoroff and Supervisory Auditor Myron Antoniw assisted in an investigation leading to a civil settlement agreement of $478,586.

Jan. 24, 2023

Auditors’ Support Results in Fine and 52 Months in Prison

DCAA Operations Investigative Support auditors assisted in a case resulting in a Newport News woman being sentenced on January 5, 2023, to 52 months in prison and ordered to pay a $200,000 fine for evading the assessment of her 2015 and 2016 income tax returns.

Jan. 16, 2023

DCAA Hosts "Cheers to a New Year" Charity Fair

DCAA hosted a Charity Fair on January 11 as part of the Combined Federal Campaign(CFC) for 2022.

Jan. 12, 2023

Mr. Terry Schneider Inducted into ranks of Senior Executive Service

Mr. Terry Schneider was inducted into the ranks of the Senior Executive Service in a formal ceremony hosted by DCAA’s Director Ms. Terri Dilly on January 11, 2023. Mr. Schneider is the Director, Field Detachment, a position he has held since December 2022.

Jan. 9, 2023

Auditors' Support Results in $10 million Payment

DCAA auditor Maria Rosalinda Perez-Rivera, Supervisory Auditor Fei Lincoln and Technical Specialist Elba Piligrino assisted in an investigation leading to a $10 million payment.

Jan. 3, 2023

DCAA Deputy Director Bentz Retires

DCAA’s Deputy Director Mr. Joseph Bentz retired at the end of December 2022 after 35 years of federal service.

Dec. 21, 2022

Auditors' Support Contributes to Case

DCAA's investigative support auditors provided support to a multi-agency team investigating allegations of fraud.

 

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