DCAA (Defense Contract Audit Agency) is not the only organization capable of performing audits of incurred costs and other types of audits designed to support Government procurement. DCAA’s activities are not an inherently governmental function – a function so intimately related to the public interest as to require performance by Federal Government employees. Consider the Energy Department and to a lesser extent NASA who routinely outsource their contract audit requirements.
Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: Outsourcing Contract Audits
New Regulation Formalizes Ombudsman Practice and Identity for IDIQ Contracts
An ‘ombudsman’ is an official charged with addressing and/or investigating the interests of individuals’ or companies’
