The Department of Defense office of the inspector
general has announced that it completed its review of
personnel involved in the soured Air Force-Boeing
KC-767A tanker deal.
The report, released to the Senate Armed Services
Committee, makes recommendations involving changes
and revisions in acquisition, leasing, procurement
and management procedures and policies, DoD said
in a statement.
It also said many of the issues raised in the report
have already been identified and are being addressed,
and that DoD has established temporary direct oversight
of major Air Force programs during its leadership
transition period.
The report joins a growing list of reviews relating
to Defense procurement including a study of the
department’s acquisition management structure and
procedures, two audits of the proposed lease of tanker
aircraft, and a review of all contract actions in
which Darleen Druyun — the Air Force’s senior
contracting official on the deal – was involved from
1993 to 2002 before joining Boeing.
The committee is seeking to tighten DoD acquisition
controls. It included financial management and
oversight provisions in the 2006 Defense authorization
bill for acquisition programs that would increase
the acquisition workforce by 15 percent, strengthen
defense ethics programs, and crack down on contract
fraud.
The provisions would also require the DoD IG to
conduct joint reviews with other IGs of all major
inter-agency contracts used by DoD, as well as
require companies that get non-commercial items
contracts worth over $10 million to report to DoD
on former DoD officials receiving compensation
from the contractor.
