DOD Auditors Refer Halliburton's Iraq Oil Contract to Pentagon IG 1/15/2004
After a routine audit of Halliburton Co.'s Dept.of Defense contract to rebuild Iraq's oil infrastructure turned up "suspected irregularity," Pentagon auditors have referred the matter to DOD's Inspector General. A Pentagon spokesperson said that on Jan. 13, the Defense Contract Audit Agency made the referral to the IG "as a result of finding a suspected irregularity during a routine audit."
The DCAA audits commercial companies' contracts with the Pentagon, but doesn't do investigations.