By Scot J. Paltrow, Agasti 19, 2017, Reuters.
I-NEW YORK (iReuters) -Imali yoMkhosi wase-United States ididekile kangangokuba kwafuneka yenze iitriliyoni zeedola zohlengahlengiso olungafanelekanga lwe-accounting ukudala ubuxoki bokuba iincwadi zayo zilungelelene.
Umhloli Jikelele weSebe lezoKhuselo, kwingxelo kaJuni, uthe uMkhosi wenze i-2.8 yeetriliyoni zeedola kuhlengahlengiso olungalunganga kumangenelo e-accounting kwikota enye kuphela ngo-2015, kunye ne-6.5 yeetriliyoni zeedola ngonyaka. Nangona kunjalo uMkhosi wawungenazo iirisithi kunye nee-invoyisi zokuxhasa loo manani okanye uzenze nje.
Ngenxa yoko, ingxelo yezemali yoMkhosi ka-2015 “yayingachanekanga ngokwezinto eziphathekayo,” yaphetha ingxelo. Uhlengahlengiso “lokunyanzeliswa” lunike iingxelo ezingento yanto kuba “abaphathi beDoD kunye noMkhosi abakwazanga ukuxhomekeka kwidatha kwiinkqubo zabo zokubala xa besenza izigqibo zolawulo kunye nezibonelelo.”
Ukubhengezwa kokuguqulwa kwamanani oMkhosi ngumzekelo wamva nje weengxaki ezibukhali zokuphendula ezithwaxa iSebe lezoKhuselo kumashumi eminyaka.
Ingxelo iqinisekisa uthotho lwe-Reuters ka-2013 ebonisa indlela iSebe lezoKhuseleko eliye laxoka ngayo ukubalwa kwemali ngomlinganiselo omkhulu njengoko lizama ukuvala iincwadi zalo. Ngenxa yoko, akukhange kubekho ndlela yokwazi ukuba iSebe lezoKhuselo - kude nakude eyona nxalenye inkulu yohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lonyaka lweCongress-iyichitha njani imali yoluntu.
Ingxelo entsha igxininise kwiNgxowa-mali Jikelele ye-Army, enkulu kwii-akhawunti zayo ezimbini eziphambili, kunye ne-asethi ye-282.6 yezigidigidi ze-2015. Umkhosi ulahlekile okanye awugcinanga idatha efunekayo, kwaye ininzi yedatha eyayinayo yayingachanekanga, i-IG yathi. .
“Iyaphi imali? Akukho mntu waziyo, utshilo uFranklin Spinney, umhlalutyi wasemkhosini osele esidla umhlala phantsi kwiPentagon kunye nomgxeki wocwangciso lweSebe lezoKhuselo.
Ukubaluleka kwengxaki ye-accounting kudlula nje inkxalabo yokulinganisa iincwadi, utshilo uSpinney. Bobabini abagqatswa bomongameli bacele ukonyuka kwenkcitho yokhuselo phakathi koxinzelelo lwangoku lwehlabathi.
Ukubalwa okuchanekileyo kunokutyhila iingxaki ezinzulu kwindlela iSebe lezoKhuselo liyisebenzisa ngayo imali yalo. Uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwe-2016 yi-573 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, ngaphezu kwesiqingatha sohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lonyaka olubekwe yiCongress.
Iimpazamo zeakhawunti yoMkhosi ziya kuba neziphumo kulo lonke iSebe lezoKhuselo.
ICongress yamisela umhla wama-30 kuSeptemba ka-2017 ukuba isebe lizilungiselele ukwenza uphicotho. Iingxaki zokubala zomkhosi ziphakamisa amathandabuzo malunga nokuba inokufikelela na umhla obekiweyo-uphawu olumnyama loKhuselo, njengoko yonke enye iarhente yomdibaniso isenza uphicotho minyaka le.
Kangangeminyaka, uMhloli Jikelele – umphicothi-zincwadi osemthethweni weSebe lezoKhuselo – ufake isilandulo kuzo zonke iingxelo zonyaka zomkhosi. Ubalo-mali aluthembekanga kangangokuba “iingxelo zemali ezisisiseko zisenokuba neempazamo ezingabhaqwanga ezibonakala zixhaphakile.”
Kwisiteyitimenti se-imeyile, isithethi sathi uMkhosi “usazibophelele ekuqinisekiseni ukulungela uphicotho-zincwadi” ngomhla wokugqibela kwaye uthatha amanyathelo okuphelisa iingxaki.
Isithethi sijonge phantsi ukubaluleka kotshintsho olungafanelekanga, athe lufikelele kwi-62.4 yeebhiliyoni zeedola. “Nangona kukho inani eliphezulu lohlengahlengiso, sikholelwa ukuba iinkcukacha zengxelo yezemali zichaneke ngakumbi kunokuba kuchaziwe kule ngxelo,” utshilo.
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UJack Armstrong, owayesakuba nguMhloli wezoKhuselo Jikelele ophethe uphicotho-zincwadi kwiNgxowa-mali Jikelele yoMkhosi, wathi uhlobo olufanayo lotshintsho olungenasizathu kwiingxelo zemali zomkhosi sele lwenziwa xa wayethatha umhlala-phantsi ngo-2010.
Umkhosi ukhupha iindidi ezimbini zeengxelo - ingxelo yebhajethi kunye neyemali. Uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwagqitywa kuqala. U-Armstrong uthe ukholelwa ukuba amanani adibeneyo afakwe kwingxelo yezemali ukwenza amanani ahambelane.
“Abayazi ukuba kufuneka ibe yintoni ibhalansi,” utshilo u-Armstrong.
Abanye abasebenzi beSebe lezeMali kunye neeNkonzo zoCwangciso-mali (DFAS), ephethe uluhlu olubanzi lweenkonzo zogcino-zincwadi zeSebe lezoKhuselo, babhekisa ngokuphoxayo kulungiselelo lweengxelo zokuphela konyaka zoMkhosi “njengeplagi enkulu,” utshilo u-Armstrong. “Iplagi” yi-accounting jargon yokufakela amanani ezenziweyo.
Ekuqaleni uhlengahlengiso olufikelela kwiitriliyoni zizonke lusenokubonakala lungenakwenzeka. Izixa-mali zincinci kuhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lweSebe lezoKhuselo. Ukwenza utshintsho kwiakhawunti enye kufuna ukuba kwenziwe utshintsho kumanqanaba amaninzi eeakhawunti eziphantsi, nangona kunjalo. Oko kwadala umphumo we-domino apho, ngokusisiseko, ubuxoki buhlala buwela emgceni. Kwiimeko ezininzi le daisy-chain yaphindwa kaninzi kwinto enye yobalo.
Ingxelo ye-IG iphinde yagxeka i-DFAS, isithi nayo yenze utshintsho olungenasizathu kumanani. Umzekelo, iinkqubo ezimbini zekhompyuter ze-DFAS zibonise amaxabiso ahlukeneyo okubonelela ngemijukujelwa kunye neembumbulu, ingxelo iphawulwe - kodwa endaweni yokusombulula umahluko, abasebenzi be-DFAS bafake "ulungiso" lobuxoki ukwenza amanani ahambelane.
I-DFAS nayo ayikwazanga ukwenza ingxelo yezemali yoMkhosi echanekileyo yokuphela konyaka kuba ngaphezulu kwe-16,000 yeefayile zedatha yezemali ziye zanyamalala kwinkqubo yayo yekhompyuter. Inkqubo yekhompyuter engalunganga kunye nokungakwazi kwabasebenzi ukubona isiphene bekuyimpazamo, utshilo u-IG.
I-DFAS ifunda le ngxelo "kwaye ayinakho izimvo ngeli xesha," utshilo isithethi.
Ihlelwe nguRonnie Greene.
