By Scot J. Paltrow, Agasti 19, 2017, Reuters.
I-NEW YORK (Reuters) - Izimali zeButho Lase-United States of America zidideke kakhulu kwaze kwadingeka ukuthi lenze izigidigidi zamaRandi zokulungiswa kwezibalo ngendlela engafanele ukuze kwakheke inkohliso yokuthi izincwadi zalo zibhalansile.
U-Inspector General woMnyango Wezokuvikela, embikweni kaJuni, uthe amasosha enze ama- $ 2.8 trillion ekulungiseni okungalungile kokufakwa kwezibalo ngekota eyodwa kuphela ngo-2015, kanye nama- $ 6.5 trillion ngonyaka. Nokho Ibutho Lezempi lalingenawo amarisidi nama-invoyisi okusekela lezo zinombolo noma lamane lazenza.
Ngenxa yalokho, izitatimende zezezimali zeButho lika-2015 "zazingamanga ngokwezinto ezibonakalayo," kuphetha umbiko. Ukulungiswa "okuphoqiwe" kwenze izitatimende zaba yize ngoba "abaphathi be-DoD namasosha abakwazanga ukuthembela kudatha yezinhlelo zabo zokubala lapho benza izinqumo zokuphatha nezisetshenziswa."
Ukudalulwa kokukhohlisa kwezinombolo zeButho kuyisibonelo sakamuva sezinkinga ezinzima zokubalwa kwezimali ezikhungethe uMnyango Wezokuvikela amashumi eminyaka.
Lo mbiko uqinisekisa uchungechunge lwe-Reuters lwango-2013 oludalula ukuthi uMnyango Wezokuvikela wakhohlisa kanjani ukubalwa kwezimali ngezinga elikhulu njengoba uzama ukuvala izincwadi zawo. Ngenxa yalokhu, ibingekho indlela yokwazi ukuthi uMnyango Wezokuvikela - kude nakude ingxenye enkulu yesabelomali sonyaka sikaCongress - uyisebenzisa kanjani imali yomphakathi.
Umbiko omusha ugxile ku-Army's General Fund, enkulu kuma-akhawunti ayo amabili ayinhloko, enezimpahla zamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-282.6 ngo-2015. Amasosha alahlekelwe noma awazange agcine idatha edingekayo, futhi imininingwane eminingi eyayinayo yayingalungile, kusho i-IG. .
“Iyaphi imali? Akekho owaziyo, ”kusho uFranklin Spinney, umhlaziyi wezempi osethathe umhlalaphansi wePentagon futhi ogxeka ukuhlelwa koMnyango Wezokuvikela.
Ukubaluleka kwenkinga ye-accounting kudlula nje ukukhathazeka ngokubhalansisa izincwadi, kusho uSpinney. Bobabili abangenele ukhetho lobumongameli bacele ukuthi kunyuswe ukusetshenziswa kwemali kwezokuvikela phakathi nokushuba kwesimo somhlaba.
Ukubalwa kwezimali okunembile kungaveza izinkinga ezijulile endleleni uMnyango Wezokuvikela osebenzisa ngayo imali yawo. Isabelomali saso sika-2016 singamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-573, ngaphezu kwengxenye yesabelomali sonyaka esabiwe yiCongress.
Amaphutha e-akhawunti Yezempi angase abe nemiphumela kuwo wonke uMnyango Wezokuvikela.
UKhongolose ubeke umnqamulajuqu wangoSepthemba 30, 2017 wokuthi umnyango ulungele ukwenza ucwaningo. Izinkinga zokubala zamasosha ziphakamisa ukungabaza ngokuthi zingafinyelela umnqamulajuqu - uphawu olumnyama lwezokuvikela, njengoba zonke ezinye izinhlaka zikahulumeni zenza ucwaningo lwamabhuku minyaka yonke.
Sekuyiminyaka, uMhloli Jikelele - umcwaningi mabhuku osemthethweni woMnyango Wezokuvikela - efake isimemezelo kuyo yonke imibiko yaminyaka yonke yezempi. Ukubalwa kwezimali akuthembeki kangangokuthi "izitatimende zezimali eziyisisekelo zingase zibe namaphutha angatholakali abalulekile futhi agcwele."
Esitatimendeni esithunyelwe nge-imeyili, umkhulumeli uthe Amasosha “asazibophezele ekuqinisekiseni ukulungela amabhuku ezimali” ngesikhathi umnqamulajuqu futhi athatha izinyathelo zokuqeda izinkinga.
Umkhulumeli ubukele phansi ukubaluleka kwezinguquko ezingafanele, athe zifinyelele ku-$ 62.4 billion. “Yize kunenani eliphezulu lokulungiswa, sikholwa ukuthi imininingwane yesitatimende sezimali inembe kakhulu kunalokho okushiwo kulo mbiko,” esho.
“I-PLUG ENKULU”
UJack Armstrong, owayeyisikhulu se-Defence Inspector General esiphethe amabhuku e-Army General Fund, uthe uhlobo olufanayo lwezinguquko ezingenabulungiswa ezitatimendeni zezezimali zeButho zase zenziwa ngesikhathi ethatha umhlalaphansi ngo-2010.
Ibutho likhipha izinhlobo ezimbili zemibiko - umbiko wesabelomali kanye nowezezimali. Isabelomali esisodwa saqedwa kuqala. U-Armstrong uthe ukholelwa ukuthi izinombolo ezingalungile zifakwe embikweni wezezimali ukuze izinombolo zihambisane.
"Abazi ukuthi izilinganiso kufanele zibe yini," kusho u-Armstrong.
Abanye abasebenzi beDefence Finance and Accounting Services (DFAS), ephethe izinsiza eziningi zokubala zoMnyango Wezokuvikela, bakhulume ngokudabukisayo ekulungiseleleni izitatimende zokuphela konyaka zamasosha ngokuthi “ipulaki elikhulu,” kusho u-Armstrong. "I-plug" i-accounting jargon yokufaka izinombolo ezenziwe.
Uma uthi nhlá ukulungisa okuhlanganisa izigidigidi kungase kubonakale kungenakwenzeka. Amanani anciphisa isabelomali soMnyango Wezokuvikela. Ukwenza izinguquko ku-akhawunti eyodwa nakho kudinga ukwenza izinguquko kumaleveli amaningi wama-akhawunti amancane, nokho. Lokho kwakha umphumela we-domino lapho, empeleni, amanga ayelokhu ehla emgqeni. Ezimweni eziningi lolu chungechunge lwe-daisy luphindwe izikhathi eziningi entweni yokubala efanayo.
Umbiko we-IG ubuye wasola i-DFAS, wathi nayo yenza izinguquko ezingenasisekelo ezinombolweni. Isibonelo, amasistimu ekhompiyutha amabili e-DFAS abonise amanani ahlukene okunikezwa kwemicibisholo nezinhlamvu, umbiko uphawule - kodwa esikhundleni sokuxazulula umehluko, abasebenzi be-DFAS bafake "ukulungisa" okungamanga ukuze benze izinombolo zifane.
I-DFAS futhi ayikwazanga ukwenza izitatimende zezezimali ezinembile zokuphela konyaka ngoba amafayela wedatha yezimali angaphezu kuka-16,000 anyamalele ohlelweni lwayo lwekhompyutha. Uhlelo lwekhompiyutha olunephutha kanye nokungakwazi kwabasebenzi ukubona iphutha bekunephutha, kusho i-IG.
I-DFAS icwaninga lo mbiko "futhi ayinakho ukuphawula ngalesi sikhathi," kusho umkhulumeli.
Ihlelwe nguRonnie Greene.
