By Scot J. Paltrow, Ogasiti 19, 2017, REUTERS.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Zachuma za Asitikali aku United States zidasokonekera kwambiri kotero kuti adayenera kupanga mabiliyoni a madola akusintha ma account olakwika kuti apange chinyengo choti mabuku ake ndi olondola.
Inspector General wa Unduna wa Zachitetezo, mu lipoti la Juni, adati Asitikali adapanga $ 2.8 thililiyoni pakusintha kolakwika pazolemba zowerengera mchaka chimodzi chokha mu 2015, ndi $ 6.5 thililiyoni pachaka. Komabe Asilikali analibe malisiti ndi ma invoice othandizira manambala amenewo kapena kungowapanga.
Zotsatira zake, malipoti azachuma a Asilikali a 2015 "adasokonekera," lipotilo linamaliza. Kusintha "kokakamizika" kudapangitsa kuti mawuwo akhale opanda ntchito chifukwa "oyang'anira DoD ndi Asitikali sakanadalira zomwe zili m'maakaunti awo popanga zisankho za kasamalidwe ndi zida."
Kuwulula zakusintha kwa manambala kwa Asitikali ndi chitsanzo chaposachedwa kwambiri chazovuta zowerengera zomwe zikuvutitsa dipatimenti yachitetezo kwazaka zambiri.
Lipotilo likutsimikizira mndandanda wa 2013 Reuters wowulula momwe dipatimenti yachitetezo idanamizira ma accounting pamlingo waukulu pomwe idathamangira kutseka mabuku ake. Zotsatira zake, sipanakhale njira yodziwira momwe dipatimenti yachitetezo - kutali kwambiri ndi bajeti yapachaka ya Congress - imawonongera ndalama za anthu.
Lipoti latsopanoli linayang'ana pa Army's General Fund, yaikulu ya maakaunti ake awiri akuluakulu, omwe ali ndi chuma cha $ 282.6 biliyoni mu 2015. Gulu lankhondo linataya kapena silinasunge deta yofunikira, ndipo zambiri zomwe anali nazo zinali zolakwika, adatero IG. .
“Ndalama zikupita kuti? Palibe amene akudziwa, "atero a Franklin Spinney, katswiri wa zankhondo wopuma pantchito ku Pentagon komanso wotsutsa kukonzekera kwa Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo.
Kufunika kwavuto lowerengera ndalama kumapitilira kungokhala ndi chidwi chowerengera mabuku, Spinney adatero. Oyimira pulezidenti awiriwa apempha kuti achulukitse ndalama zodzitchinjiriza pakati pazovuta zapadziko lonse lapansi.
Kuwerengera kolondola kumatha kuwulula zovuta zakuya momwe Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo imagwiritsira ntchito ndalama zake. Bajeti yake ya 2016 ndi $ 573 biliyoni, yoposa theka la bajeti yapachaka yoperekedwa ndi Congress.
Zolakwa za akaunti ya Asitikali zitha kukhala ndi zotsatira za dipatimenti yonse yachitetezo.
Congress idakhazikitsa tsiku lomaliza la Seputembara 30, 2017 kuti dipatimentiyi ikonzekere kuwunika. Mavuto owerengera Asilikali amadzetsa kukayikira ngati angakwaniritse nthawi yomaliza - chizindikiro chakuda cha Chitetezo, pomwe bungwe lina lililonse la feduro limawunikidwa chaka chilichonse.
Kwa zaka zambiri, Inspector General - wowerengera wamkulu wa dipatimenti ya chitetezo - adayikapo chodzikanira pa malipoti onse apachaka ankhondo. Kuwerengera ndalama ndi kosadalirika kotero kuti "zolemba zandalama zingakhale ndi zolakwika zosazindikirika zomwe ndi zakuthupi komanso zofala."
M'mawu ake a imelo, wolankhulira adati Asilikali "akhalabe odzipereka kutsimikizira kuti akukonzekera kafukufuku" pofika nthawi yomaliza ndipo akuchitapo kanthu kuti athetse mavutowo.
Mneneriyo adachepetsa kufunika kwa kusintha kosayenera, zomwe adati zidafika $ 62.4 biliyoni. "Ngakhale pali kusintha kwakukulu, tikukhulupirira kuti zidziwitso zandalama ndizolondola kuposa zomwe zanenedwa mu lipotili," adatero.
“THE GRAND PLUG”
Jack Armstrong, yemwe kale anali woyang'anira Defence Inspector General yemwe amayang'anira kafukufuku wa Army General Fund, adatinso kusintha komweku kopanda chifukwa pamakalata azachuma ankhondo kunachitika kale atapuma pantchito mu 2010.
Asilikali amapereka mitundu iwiri ya malipoti - lipoti la bajeti ndi limodzi lazachuma. Bajeti yoyamba idamalizidwa koyamba. Armstrong adati akukhulupirira kuti manambala osagwirizana adayikidwa mu lipoti lazachuma kuti manambalawo agwirizane.
"Sakudziwa kuti masikelo ayenera kukhala chiyani," adatero Armstrong.
Ogwira ntchito ena a Defense Finance and Accounting Services (DFAS), omwe amayang'anira ntchito zambiri zowerengera ndalama za Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo, adatchula monyoza za kukonzekera mawu omaliza a Gulu Lankhondo ngati "pulagi yayikulu," adatero Armstrong. "Pulogalamu" ndi mawu owerengera oyika manambala opangidwa.
Pongoyang'ana koyamba kusintha kokwanira mathililiyoni kungawoneke kosatheka. Ndalamazo zimachepera bajeti yonse ya Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo. Kupanga zosintha ku akaunti imodzi kumafunanso kusintha magawo angapo a maakaunti ang'onoang'ono, komabe. Izi zidapangitsa kuti pakhale vuto pomwe, makamaka, zabodza zimapitilira kugwa pamzere. Nthawi zambiri unyolo wa daisy uwu umabwerezedwa kangapo pa chinthu chimodzi chowerengera.
Lipoti la IG lidadzudzulanso DFAS, ponena kuti nayonso idasintha manambala mopanda chifukwa. Mwachitsanzo, makina awiri apakompyuta a DFAS adawonetsa mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya zida zoponya ndi zida, lipotilo lidatero - koma m'malo mothetsa kusiyanako, ogwira ntchito ku DFAS adayika "kuwongolera" kwabodza kuti manambalawo agwirizane.
DFAS sinathenso kupanga zidziwitso zolondola zachuma zankhondo kumapeto kwa chaka chifukwa mafayilo opitilira 16,000 azachuma adasowa pamakompyuta ake. Mapulogalamu apakompyuta olakwika komanso kulephera kwa ogwira ntchito kuzindikira cholakwikacho chinali cholakwika, IG idatero.
DFAS ikuphunzira lipotilo "ndipo ilibe ndemanga pakadali pano," mneneri watero.
Yosinthidwa ndi Ronnie Greene.
