Best website on the internet. Bad accounting in the USG is endemic and long standing. Probably a good argument for a business President instead of a politician. Massive federal contracts and cost overruns that disperse largesse may explain reformer inertia. Congressmen/women get paid by the interests involved to stall or prevent reform. Hence, decades of reports of accounting deficiencies are quietly ignored. Well written, concise, info-rich (neologism) article.