EXCLUSIVE — The Department of War Office of the Inspector General has been urged to review a now-terminated contract with Oracle that ran hundreds of millions of dollars over budget and lasted several years longer than it should have.
The Pentagon started the Defense Civilian Human Resources Management System program in 2018, during President Donald Trump’s first term. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth terminated the contract last year, saying at the time in a memo that further investment into the program “would be throwing more good taxpayer money after bad.”
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The American Accountability Foundation has sent a letter this week to the inspector general seeking a financial audit and investigation into why the project failed, though it’s unclear whether the oversight body will heed the request. The office operates a tip line that allows people to report waste, fraud, abuse, and other violations of the law or policies.
The contract was
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