Defense Contract Audit Agency - DCAA Today

DCAA Today

Today, the Defense Contract Audit Agency consists of approximately 4,000 people located at more than 300 field audit offices throughout the United States, Europe, and in the Pacific. The Agency provides standardized contract audit services for the Department of Defense, as well as accounting and financial advisory services regarding contracts and subcontracts to all DoD Components responsible for procurement and contract administration. These services are provided in connection with negotiation, administration, and settlement of contracts and subcontracts. DCAA does not provide consulting/advisory services to contractors due to independence requirements.

DCAA also provides contract audit services to some other Government Agencies, as well as to other countries under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program, on a reimbursable basis. The largest non-DoD agency for which DCAA performs audits is NASA (primarily since the same government contractors, especially on major programs, do substantial business with both DoD and NASA).

DCAA's headquarters are located at Fort Belvoir, in the same building as the Defense Logistics Agency. DCAA also operates a training facility on the Park Avenue Campus of the University of Memphis; however, this facility will close in 2012 and DCAA has not yet announced a replacement facility.

Under headquarters DCAA is organized into five geographic regions and a Field Detachment group, the latter handling contracts involving classified information. The five geographic regions, the location of the regional office, and the (as of 2011) general area of responsibilities are as follows:

• Western--La Mirada, California (Los Angeles area)
  • California, Alaska, Arizona (excluding the Raytheon offices in the Tucson area), Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington state, as well as audits in Asian Pacific Rim countries and Australia
• Central--Irving, Texas (DFW Metroplex area)
  • Texas, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, northern Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
• Eastern--Smyrna, Georgia (Atlanta area)
  • Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, southern Virginia, Indiana, Ohio, and the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, as well as audits in Central and South American countries
• Mid-Atlantic--Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Pennsylvania, northern Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, the District of Columbia, West Virginia, and southern New Jersey
• Northeastern--Lowell, Massachusetts (Boston area)
  • Massachusetts, northern New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire, plus audits in Europe, Asia (including Israel and the Middle East, but excluding the Pacific Rim), and Africa, and all audits relating to Raytheon regardless of the physical location of the segment or division involved.

Within each region are between 15-22 field audit offices, referred to as resident offices (if auditing only one contractor, generally used at major facilities or corporate offices) or branch offices if auditing more than one contractor. Branch offices may have sub-offices under them, which have auditors dedicated to one contractor, but not enough to establish a separate office.