Uphononongo olubi lwangaphandle lufumanisa ukuba i-Arhente yoLungiselelo lwezoKhuselo ilahlekelwe ngumkhondo wokuba iyichithe phi imali.
NguBryan Bender, ngoFebruwari 5, 2018, Politico.
Enye yezona arhente zikhulu zePentagon ayinakuphendula malunga nenkcitho exabisa amakhulu ezigidi zeedola, inkampani ekhokelayo yengxelo ithi uphicotho lwangaphakathi ifunyenwe yiPOLITICO efika kanye njengoko uMongameli uDonald Trump ecebisa ukonyuswa uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lomkhosi.
U-Ernst & Young wafumanisa ukuba i-Arhente yoLungiselelo lwezoKhuselo ayiphumelelanga ekubhaleni ngokufanelekileyo ngaphezu kwe-800 yezigidi zeerandi kwiiprojekthi zokwakha, omnye nje wothotho lwemizekelo apho iswele umkhondo wephepha wezigidi zeerandi kwipropati nakwizixhobo. Kuyo yonke ibhodi, ulawulo lwayo lwezemali lubuthathaka kangangokuba iinkokeli zayo kunye namaqumrhu awongamela akanandlela ethembekileyo yokulandela iimali ezinkulu enoxanduva lwazo, le nkampani yalumkisa kuphicotho lwayo lokuqala lwearhente enkulu yokuthenga yePentagon.
Uphicotho-zincwadi luphakamisa imibuzo emitsha malunga nokuba iSebe lezoKhuselo lingakwazi na ukulawula uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lonyaka lweedola ezingama-700 eebhiliyoni - singasathethi ke ngeebhiliyoni ezongezelelweyo uTrump aceba ukuziphakamisa kule nyanga. Isebe alizange lenze uphicotho-zincwadi olupheleleyo ngaphandle kwesigunyaziso senkongolo - kwaye kwabanye abenzi bomthetho, imeko emdaka yeencwadi zeArhente yoLungiselelo lwezoKhuselo ibonisa ukuba enye ayinakuze yenzeke.
“Ukuba awukwazi ukulandela imali, awuzukwazi ukwenza uphicotho-zincwadi,” utshilo uSen. Chuck Grassley, waseRiphabhlikhi yase-Iowa kunye nelungu eliphezulu leekomiti zoHlahlo-lwabiwo-mali kunye nezeZimali, oye watyhala ulawulo olulandelelanayo ukuba lucoce. ukuphakamisa inkqubo yePentagon edume ngokumosha nokungalungelelanisiyo.
I-arhente yezothutho yeebhiliyoni ezingama-40 ngonyaka i ityala lokuvavanywa njani awufezeki loo msebenzi. I-DLA isebenza njenge-Walmart yomkhosi, kunye nabasebenzi abangama-25,000 abaqhuba ii-odolo ezimalunga ne-100,000 ngosuku egameni loMkhosi, uMkhosi wasemanzini, uMkhosi woMoya, uMkhosi waseLwandle kunye neqela lezinye ii-arhente zomdibaniso - kuyo yonke into ukusuka kwiinkukhu ukuya kumayeza, iintsimbi ezixabisekileyo. kunye namalungu enqwelomoya.
Kodwa njengoko abaphicothi-zincwadi befumene, i-arhente ihlala inobungqina obuncinane obuqinileyo bokuba ininzi yaloo mali iya khona. Oko kuyagula ngonaphakade ukufumana isiphatho kwinkcitho kwiSebe lezoKhuselo lilonke, elidityanisiweyo I-2.2 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwii-asethi.
Kwelinye icandelo lophicotho, olugqitywe phakathi kuDisemba, u-Ernst & Young bafumanisa ukuba iingxelo ezingezizo kwiincwadi ze-arhente ziphelele ubuncinane kwi-465 yezigidi zeerandi. kwiiprojekthi zokwakha ezixhasa ngezimali i-Army Corps of Engineers kunye nezinye ii-arhente. Kwiiprojekthi zokwakha ezichongiweyo "zisaqhuba," okwangoku, ibingenamaxwebhu aneleyo - okanye nawaphi na amaxwebhu konke konke - enye imali eyi-$384 yezigidi zeerandi.
I-arhente nayo ayikwazanga ukuvelisa ubungqina obuxhasayo kwizinto ezininzi ezibhalwe ngenye indlela - kubandakanywa neerekhodi zee-asethi ze-100 yezigidi zeedola kwiinkqubo zekhompyutha eziqhuba ishishini lemihla ngemihla le-arhente.
"Amaxwebhu, anjengobungqina obubonisa ukuba i-asethi yavavanywa kwaye yamkelwa, ayigcinwanga okanye ayifumaneki," yatsho.
Ingxelo, ehlanganisa unyaka-mali ophelile ngoSeptemba 30, i-2016, iphinde yafumanisa ukuba i-46 yezigidi zeedola kwii-asethi zekhompyutha "zabhalwa ngokungafanelekanga" njenge-Arhente ye-Defence Logistics Agency. Ikwalumkise ukuba i-arhente ayinakho ukulungelelanisa ibhalansi kwileja yayo ngokubanzi kunye ne ISebe lezemali.
I-arhente iqinisekisa ukuba iya koyisa imiqobo yayo emininzi ukuze ekugqibeleni ifumane uphicotho-zincwadi olucocekileyo.
“Uphicotho-zincwadi lokuqala lusinike umbono obalulekileyo ozimeleyo wemisebenzi yethu yezemali yangoku,” u-Army Lt. Gen. Darrell Williams, umlawuli we-arhente, wabhala ephendula kwiziphumo zika-Ernst & Young. "Sizibophelele ekusombululeni ubuthathaka kunye nokomeleza ulawulo lwangaphakathi malunga nemisebenzi ye-DLA."
Kwingxelo kwiPOLITICO, le arhente iphinde yaqinisekisa ukuba ayingothusi ngezigqibo.
"I-DLA yeyokuqala kubungakanani bayo kunye nobunzima bayo kwiSebe lezoKhuselo ukuba ingene kuphicotho-zincwadi ngoko ke khange silindele ukufumana umbono wophicotho 'ococekileyo' kwimijikelo yokuqala," yacacisa. “Undoqo kukusebenzisa ingxelo yomphicothi-zincwadi ukugxila kwiinzame zethu zolungiso kunye nezicwangciso zokwenza izilungiso, nokwandisa ixabiso kuphicotho. Yile nto siyenzayo ngoku.”
Inene, ulawulo lukaTrump lunyanzelisa ukuba lufezekise oko bangaphambili bebengakwazi.
"Ukuqala kwi-2018, uphicotho lwethu luya kwenzeka ngonyaka, kunye neengxelo ezikhutshwe ngoNovemba 15," igosa eliphezulu le-Pentagon, uDavid Norquist, utshele iCongress ngenyanga edlulileyo.
Lo mzamo ubanzi wePentagon, oza kufuna umkhosi wabaphicothi-zincwadi abamalunga ne-1,200 kwisebe liphela, uya kuba nexabiso eliphezulu - ukuya kuthi ga kwi-1 yeebhiliyoni zeedola.
UNorquist uthe kuya kuxabisa i-367 yezigidi zeerandi eziqikelelwayo ukwenza uphicotho-kubandakanywa neendleko zokuqesha iifemu ezizimeleyo zobalo-mali ezifana no-Ernst & Young - kunye ne-551 yezigidi ezongezelelweyo zeedola zokubuyela umva kwaye zilungise iinkqubo zokubala ezaphukileyo ezibalulekileyo kulawulo olungcono lwemali.
“Kubalulekile ukuba iCongress kunye nabantu baseMelika bathembele kulawulo lweDoD kuyo yonke idola yabarhafi,” utshilo uNorquist.
Kodwa kukho ubungqina obuncinci ukuba ingalo yezomkhosi iya kuba nakho ukuphendula ngento eyichithileyo nangaliphi na ixesha kungekudala.
"U-Ernst & Young abakwazanga ukufumana umbandela owaneleyo, onamandla wobungqina bokuxhasa imali echazwe kwiingxelo zemali ze-DLA," umhloli jikelele we-Pentagon, i-watchdog yangaphakathi eyalele ukuphononongwa kwangaphandle, yaqukumbela ngokukhupha ingxelo kwi-DLA.
“Asinakukwazi ukumisela isiphumo sokunqongophala kobungqina bophicotho-zincwadi olufanelekileyo kwiingxelo zemali ze-DLA xa iyonke,” iqukumbela ingxelo yayo.
Isithethi sika-Ernst & Young sinqabile ukuphendula imibuzo, sibhekisa iPOLITICO kwiPentagon.
Grassley - ngubani na igxeka kakhulu xa uluvo lophicotho olucocekileyo lweMarine Corps kwafuneka lutsalwe kwi-2015 "kwizigqibo ezibubuxoki" - ngokuphindaphindiweyo ihlawulwe ukuba "ukugcina umkhondo wemali yabantu kungabikho kwi-DNA yePentagon."
Uhlala ethandabuza ngokunzulu ngamathemba okuya phambili xa kujongwa oko kutyhilwayo.
"Ndicinga ukuba amathuba okuba kuphicotho-zincwadi lwe-DoD oluphumeleleyo ezantsi kunoziro," utshilo uGrassley kudliwanondlebe. “Izixokelelwano zesondlo azikwazi ukunika iinkcukacha. Bagwetyelwe ukusilela ngaphambi kokuba baqalise. ”
Kodwa uthe uyawuxhasa umzamo oqhubekayo nokuba uphicotho olupheleleyo, olucocekileyo lwePentagon alunakwenziwa. Kujongwa ngokubanzi njengekuphela kwendlela yokuphucula ulawulo lwezixa ezingaka zeedola zabarhafi.
“Ingxelo yophicotho-zincwadi nganye iya kunceda i-DLA yakhe isiseko esingcono sokunika ingxelo yezemali kwaye ibonelele ngenyathelo elikhokelela kuluvo lophicotho-zincwadi olucocekileyo lweengxelo zethu zezimali,” iyaqhubeka le arhente. "Iziphumo zikwaphucula ulawulo lwethu lwangaphakathi, olunceda ekuphuculeni umgangatho weendleko kunye nedatha yezothutho esetyenziselwa ukwenza izigqibo."
