The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General stated the full extent of DoD funds provided to Chinese research laboratories is "Unknown." "Due to limitations in the DoD's tracking systems, the full extent of DoD funds provided to Chinese research laboratories for research related to enhancement of pathogens of pandemic potential is unknown," DoD Office of Inspector General wrote.
These limitations hindered our ability to conduct a thorough examination of DoD funds allocated for research activities, including those activities related to enhancement of pathogens of pandemic potential.
The limited time frame prescribed by Congress also restricted the procedures we performed," the report read. "In addition, the DoD did not track funding at the level of detail necessary to enable us to completely and accurately determine if the DoD provided funding to Chinese research laboratories or other foreign countries for research related to the enhancement of pathogens of pandemic potential.
Specifically, the DoD did not track funding at the level of detail necessary to determine whether the DoD provided funding to Chinese research laboratories or other foreign countries for research related to enhancement of pathogens of pandemic potential.
DoD organizations did not have visibility of subaward information throughout the life of contracts and grants.
Except for the CDMRP electronic grants system, DoD organizations could not effectively search award systems to identify all contracts, subcontracts, grants, and subgrants that may have been related to pathogen research performed by China and other foreign countries.
As a result, DoD organizations could not produce a complete population of pathogen research grants and subawards necessary for us to conclude on the use of DoD funds provided for pathogen research.
Read the full report from the U.S. Department of Defense Office of Inspector General HERE.
https://100percentfedup.com/department-defense-unable-determine-how-much-funding-is/
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