United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2000-06-05 monographic deposited born digital 20 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-00-134 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-00-134 P0b002ee1803a1bc9 f:ns00134 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-00-134 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-00-134 NSIAD-00-134 Department of Defense contractors Overpayments Defense audits Contractor payments Contract oversight Internal controls Letter Report NSIAD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Department of Defense's (DOD) use of recovery auditing, a process that identifies and collects overpayments made to vendors, focusing on DOD's: (1) progress in recovering overpayments and the reasons for any delays; and (2) use of recovery auditing.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) since the program began in 1996, the Defense Supply Center has collected $5.3 million of the $17.9 million in overpayments it now recognizes as valid; (2) the Supply Center has written letters to vendors demanding payments of an additional $4.0 million and continues to negotiate with other vendors to settle disputed payments; (3) the collection process has proceeded slowly in part because of the time and effort required to review disputed claims; (4) in particular, the Supply Center and vendors disagree over the interpretation of contract provisions that require vendors who sell brand-name products to guarantee that prices offered to the government are as good as those offered to their most favored customers; (5) 34 of the 59 vendors who have received letters demanding payment have appealed to the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals; (6) DOD is expanding its use of recovery auditing; and (7) since June 1999, six Defense agencies have contracted for recovery audit services, and a seventh is planning to do so soon. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-00-134/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-00-134.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-00-134/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-00-134.pdf GAO/NSIAD-00-134 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-00-134 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-00-134; Contract Management: DOD's Use of Recovery Auditing; Department of Defense contractors Overpayments Defense audits Contractor payments Contract oversight Internal controls