Podcast:Federal Drive with Tom Temin Published On: Tue Sep 17 2024 Description: The Defense Department crossed a major milestone in its long path toward auditability this year as we've reported. The Marine Corps became the first DoD service to earn a clean opinion, but the audit itself was long time. It took two years, and that process is simply not sustainable. If DoD wants to earn clean opinions repeatedly it'll need to implement internal controls that auditors can trust. Coralis Rodriguez and Troy Robertson are two of co-authors of a new DoD Inspector General report on understanding that audit. They spoke with Federal News Network's Jared Serbu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices