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Nominee outlines plan to pursue Department of Defense clean audit by Dec. 31, 2028
Summary
Michael Powers, nominated to be deputy undersecretary of defense comptroller, told the Senate Armed Services Committee he will set milestones, pursue system consolidation and use technology to support a departmentwide clean audit by Dec. 31, 2028, while emphasizing leadership accountability.
Michael Powers, President Trump's nominee to serve as deputy undersecretary of defense and comptroller, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that he would pursue a Department of Defense clean audit opinion by Dec. 31, 2028, if confirmed.
Powers said senior leadership engagement, consolidation of legacy financial systems and greater use of technology would be central to achieving that timeline. “One of the things we absolutely have to do ... is get senior leadership very actively involved in the process of setting milestones and holding the departments and defense agencies to those milestones,” Powers told Chairman Wicker and committee members. When asked directly about a date, he replied, “12/31/2028,…
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