Patrick fitzgerald army auditor general biography

In the wake of April Stephenson’s removal in late October 2009 as head of the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), U.S. Army Auditor General Patrick J. Fitzgerald was chosen by President Barack Obama to take over the embattled agency.

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DCAA independently investigates Department of Defense contracts to determine the fairness, accuracy and completeness of financial records and reports, as well as the effectiveness of any transactions the department has made.

In other words, DCAA reviews business deals to make sure everything is aboveboard and acceptably efficient. Fitzgerald, who has spent his entire career in the Army’s auditing wing, will be expected to clean up DCAA’s reputation following numerous controversies that included auditors whitewashing their investigations to appease military contractors.

Fitzgerald went to college at the University of Baltimore, where he received his Bachelor of Science in business administration and accounting (Summa Cum Laud