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July 7, 2021
Wichita Branch Office Supports Air Force Team
Fort Belvoir, Va. — DCAA’s Wichita Branch Office received a Letter of Appreciation for their audit work on the Sustaining Engineering and Program Management (SEPM) II proposal for Joint Primary Aircraft Trainer Systems (JPATS) for T-6 aircraft. The audit team worked extensively on audits and provided negotiation support from April 2020 through March 2021 as the Air
July 1, 2021
A Short History of DCAA
Fort Belvoir, Va. — Editor’s Note: This story is the first in a series of articles celebrating DCAA’s birthday. Future articles will highlight changes in auditing and training.DCAA was founded on July 1, 1965 when it assumed responsibility for contract auditing for all of DoD. In announcing the decision to create a consolidated audit function, Secretary of Defense
June 9, 2021
$50 million settlement reached with Navistar Defense LLC
Fort Belvoir, Va. — DCAA auditors Kari Duguid, Colin Feeney, Marc Ramminger, Thomas Hagen, and Supervisory Auditor Joseph Fleming assisted in a seven-year investigation that resulted in a $50 million settlement.On May 27, 2021, Navistar Defense LLC (Navistar), an Illinois based manufacturer of military vehicles and subsidiary of Navistar International LLC, agreed to
June 1, 2021
Owner of Company Providing Prosthetics and Orthotics Materials to Walter Reed National Military Center Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges in Maryland for Paying Gratuities
Fort Belvoir, Va. — DCAA auditor Teshara Jones and Supervisory Auditor Anna Funck supported a multi-agency investigation leading to a guilty plea on May 14, 2021 by Bruce Thomas of Germantown Maryland. Thomas pleaded guilty to paying gratuities to a public official in exchange for official acts. Thomas is the owner and operator of Pinnacle Orthopedic Services, Inc.,
May 18, 2021
Six Individuals Sentenced for Roles in Healthcare Fraud Involving Northern Virginia Pharmacies
Fort Belvoir, Va. — DCAA auditor Andy Hale and Supervisory Auditor Sandy Porter assisted in an investigation that resulted in sentencing of six individuals for healthcare fraud. On April 16, 2021, the last of six defendants were sentenced for participating in multiple health care fraud conspiracies involving fraudulent billings that resulted in nearly $8 million in
May 6, 2021
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Fort Belvoir, Va. — Editor's Note: This article is part of the Asian America Pacific Islander Heritage Month series written by DCAA Employees.I am Sasa Jiang, a Senior Auditor in Maryland Branch Office, Redondo Beach Sub-Office. I was born in Taiwan and obtained my Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from National Cheng Kung University. I came to the United States in
March 29, 2021
Mr. Robert Landry Inducted into Senior Executive Service
Fort Belvoir, Va. — Mr. Robert J. Landry was inducted into the Senior Executive Service and assumed duties as the Director for the General Dynamics Raytheon Technologies Corporate Audit Directorate (CAD) on March 15, 2021. Mr. Landry has over 30 years of defense contract audit experience and has held a variety of leadership positions in DCAA including first-line
March 23, 2021
DoD Contractor Settles Civil Case for $3.9 million
Fort Belvoir, Va. — COLAS SA Djibouti SARL reached a civil settlement to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by selling substandard concrete used to construct U. S. Navy airfields in the Republic of Djibouti.In addition to the civil settlement, a separate Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) with Colas Djibouti pursuant to which Colas Djibouti
March 8, 2021
Federal Contractor Agrees to Pay More than $6 million to Settle Overbilling Allegations
Fort Belvoir, Va. — Virginia-based Information Innovators, Inc. (Triple-I) has agreed to pay the United States $6.05 million to resolve allegations that a predecessor company, Creative Computing Solutions, Inc. (CCSi) violated the False Claims Act by knowingly overbilling the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for work performed by CCSi employees who lacked
Feb. 25, 2021
Learning Contract Auditing through a DCAA Internship
Fort Belvoir, Va. — Sarah Mapley, is an Intern Auditor at DCAA’s North Central Branch Office, Rochester, N.Y. She is originally from Port Byron, N.Y. and currently attends St. John Fisher College in Rochester. She joined DCAA in June 2020, the summer after her sophomore year of college and anticipates graduating in December of 2021.Sarah is the fourth intern at the