{"id":73736,"date":"2017-08-01T12:10:01","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T16:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=73736"},"modified":"2017-08-01T12:10:01","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T16:10:01","slug":"defense-logistics-agency-to-fix-loophole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=73736","title":{"rendered":"Defense Logistics Agency to fix loophole"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chief Tango sends us a link to Federal News Radio<\/a> which reports that the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) promised congress that they’re working on plugging holes in their Law Enforcement Support Office (LESO) which supplies law enforcement with surplus from Defense Department stocks. Apparently there is big hole in the system;<\/p>\n

GAO showed that it was able to pose as a federal agency that does not exist to get hold of $1.2 million in military gear that\u2019s not available to the general public.<\/p>\n

In an audit released last week, the office said its investigators, posing as employees of the fake federal agency, sought and gained approval to participate in the program by corresponding with DLA solely via email. Later, the undercover GAO employees were able to pick up more than 100 pieces of controlled property from DLA warehouses \u2014 and in two of the three cases, did so without being asked to show any form of identification.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I know you probably think there might be an easy fix to the whole problem, but you’re not in the government;<\/p>\n

But Zina Merritt, GAO\u2019s director of defense capabilities and management, said the equipment the office procured from DoD could have been turned into lethal weaponry with commercial items that are easily obtainable off-the-shelf.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile DLA has taken some steps to address identified deficiencies in the program, it lacks a comprehensive framework for instituting fraud prevention and mitigation measures at all stages of the process,\u201d she said. \u201cDLA officials acknowledge that they have not conducted a fraud risk assessment.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The National Archives publishes a manual every year that lists every single government agency, it’s called the US Government Manual<\/a>. You’d think the folks at DLA would have a copy of the manual, or they could bookmark the link I helpfully posted, so they could check if an agency exists, but I guess not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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