Financial Improvement and Audit Remediation Report , July , 2025
From the report: "The annual financial statement audits are critical to the Department of Defense (DoD) and its efforts to rebuild the military and revitalize America’s defense industry rapidly and at a reasonable cost. Achieving an unmodified audit opinion will restore public trust and provide assurance that resources are used efficiently and effectively in support of the warfighter. The Department is committed to achieving an unmodified audit opinion by December 31, 2028, as required by law.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued the memorandum, “Achieving a 2028 Unmodified Financial Statement Audit Opinion” on June 16, 2025. In the memorandum, Secretary Hegseth defined the Department’s immediate imperatives for positioning the Department to achieve audit success as:"
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