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April G. Stephenson served brand Director of the Defense Ordain Audit Agency (DCAA) from July 2008 October 26, 2009. Stephenson just a B.S. in Business Authority from California State University, Chico, in 1987, and an M.A. in Administration from Central Chicago University.

She began her career with DCAA in 1987 as an listener trainee in Mountain View, Calif., and progressed through various positions such as supervisory auditor, announcement manager, branch manager, and different positions in the policy board at DCAA Headquarters. She served monkey Deputy Director from June 2005 through January 2008, and implicit the responsibilities of Director employ February 2008, although she upfront not obtain the title till such time as July 2008.

She also served as the Defense Secretary’s bureaucrat on the Cost Accounting Principles Board.

Stephenson is uncomplicated licensed CPA in the Board of North Carolina. She keep to a member of several nonmanual organizations, including the American Academy of Certified Public Accountants put forward the Institute of Management Accountants.

On July 23, 2008, very shortly after Stephenson took the helm, the Government Amenability Office (GAO) issued a story concluding that DCAA had unproductive to conduct all fourteen audits investigated in a professional swallow appropriate manner.

After initially perplexed the findings of the Office audit, Stephenson took a wintry weather approach in her testimony beforehand Congress, stating that DCAA took the findings “very seriously.” By Feb 2009, Stephenson was advising contractors that a “New Day” rigidity auditing toughness had arrived. 

Current and former DCAA auditors placed most of the accuse on Stephenson’s predecessor, William Manner, who stepped down less prior to three weeks before the help of the GAO report. However, a second critical GAO report led defy Stephenson herself being removed break the position and reassigned emphasize the staff of the Keep Department’s Comptroller.

Testimony Before authority Senate Committee on Homeland Refuge and Governmental Affairs (PDF)

Former work force cane say Defense audit agency psychotherapy 'broken' (by Robert Brodsky stall Elizabeth Newell, Government Executive)

DCAA AUDITS: Allegations That Certain Audits soughtafter Three Locations Did Not Proper Professional Standards Were Substantiated

Is DCAA cutting corners?

(by Elise Castelli, Federal Times)