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Exhibit 280

Press release: Independent Auditor's Report on the DoD FY 2022 and FY 2021 Basic Financial Statements

Exhibit 280 · Press release

Press release: Independent Auditor's Report on the DoD FY 2022 and FY 2021 Basic Financial Statements

issued a disclaimer of opinion—meaning that the auditors could not obtain sufficient, appropriate audit evidence to support an opinion.

Announces the FY2022 disclaimer, 28 material weaknesses, 3 significant deficiencies and 7 instances of noncompliance. Preliminary entity count: 6 clean, 1 qualified, 16 disclaimers, 2 audits ongoing (later final: 9 clean).

Source
DoD Office of Inspector General
Date
16 November 2022
Quoted from
PDF p. 1
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.dodig.mil/Portals/48/Press%20Release%20on%20the%20Audit%20of%20the%20DoD%20FY%202022%20and%20FY%202021%20Basic%20Financial%20Statements.pdf
Accessed
2026-11-09
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Findings citing this exhibit

Cited by

Finding DEF-3.1
Primary record The DoD Inspector General issued a disclaimer of opinion on the department-wide financial statements in each of fiscal years 2018 through 2025, eight years in a row. GAO reports that DoD is the only one of the 24 Chief Financial Officers Act agencies that has never obtained a clean opinion.