Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 03:50:48 -0400 From: freematt@coil.com (Matthew Gaylor) Subject: (Is anyone surprised?!) Fed Anti-Fraud Agency Fakes Own Documents To: freematt@coil.com (Matthew Gaylor)
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 12:15:59 -0700 To: farber@cis.upenn.edu (Dave Farber), freematt@coil.com (Matthew Gaylor), Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>, calfoilist@uclink4.berkeley.edu From: Jim Warren <jwarren@well.com> Subject: (is anyone surprised?!) Fed Anti-Fraud Agency Fakes Own Documents
From: Patrice McDermott <patricem@ombwatch.org>
>Sometimes It's Hard To Know Who You Can Trust
>Anti-Fraud Agency Fakes Documents
>Associated Press
>
>The Pentagon agency charged with rooting out fraud destroyed
>documents and substituted fakes to win a passing grade in an audit of
>its own operations, according to an internal inquiry. "It's a very
>sad day indeed when the watchdog gets caught cheating," Sen. Charles
>Grassley, R-Iowa, wrote Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld in
>demanding to know more about the incident. The document destruction
>cost the government thousands of dollars last year and "could
>adversely affect the confidence of the public" in Defense Department
>audits, says the report obtained by The Associated Press.
>
>http://news.findlaw.com/ap/a/w/1152/6-6-2001/20010606055242090.html
>
>Are They Accurate? Dept. of Defense Inspector General Audit Reports
>http://www.dodig.osd.mil/audit/reports/index.html
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