---
title: DCAA Audit Backlog
description: With a heavy emphasis on pre-award surveys, ostensibly to ensure that a government contractor has a compliant cost accounting system in place, the DCAA has become seriously backlogged in trying to keep up with its review of Incurred Cost Submissions.
---

[Insights for Government Contractors | SYMPAQ Blog](https://sql.sympaq.com/blog)

# [DCAA Audit Backlog](https://sql.sympaq.com/blog/dcaa-audit-backlog)

 Written by [G. Chris Brown](https://sql.sympaq.com/blog/author/cbrown) | Jun 1, 2012 4:21:38 PM

With a heavy emphasis on pre-award surveys, ostensibly to ensure that a government contractor has a compliant cost accounting system in place, the DCAA has become seriously backlogged in trying to keep up with its review of [Incurred Cost Submissions.](https://sql.sympaq.com/blog/dcaa-incurred-cost-submission)

"DCAA already has a backlog of $560 billion in unaudited contracts that agencies have already paid, called incurred cost audits."

[View full post](https://sql.sympaq.com/blog/dcaa-audit-backlog)

```json
{
  "@context" : "http://schema.org",
  "@type" : "BlogPosting",
  "author" : {
    "@type" : "Person",
    "name" : "G. Chris Brown"
  },
  "dateModified" : "2018-05-31T18:20:40.437Z",
  "datePublished" : "2012-06-01T16:21:38Z",
  "headline" : "DCAA Audit Backlog",
  "image" : {
    "@type" : "ImageObject",
    "height" : 60,
    "url" : "/hs/hsstatic/content_shared_assets/static-1.4092/img/default-amp-logo.png",
    "width" : 60
  },
  "mainEntityOfPage" : "https://sql.sympaq.com/blog/dcaa-audit-backlog",
  "publisher" : {
    "@type" : "Organization",
    "logo" : {
      "@type" : "ImageObject",
      "height" : 60.0,
      "url" : "https://sql.sympaq.com/hubfs/sympaqlogo-010417-edited.png",
      "width" : 271.6981
    },
    "name" : "Sympaq's Gov Con Blog"
  }
}
```