News - Defence

1. Billions placed in revolving funds but little accountability

   The Dutch government is increasingly using revolving funds to achieve social goals, for example to encourage domestic energy ...

   News item | 16-04-2019 | 17:30

2. Biggest defence procurement project ever is a lesson for the future

   Netherlands Court of Audit bundles 20 years of auditing the JSF Lessons can be learnt from the Dutch government’s involvement in ...

   News item | 06-03-2019 | 11:30

3. Stricter checks of JSF invoices

   Audit leads to supplementary agreement with the US The invoices the Netherlands receives from the United States for the ...

   News item | 31-10-2018 | 00:00

4. UN mission to Mali: shortcomings in training, materiel and maintenance

   Mission pressure is a risk to the readiness of the armed forces Lack of equipment, inadequate training, spare parts that don’t ...

   News item | 13-06-2018 | 10:26

5. Dollar exchange rate risks to procurement of JSF

   In a letter to the House of Representatives of 19 January 2016, the Court of Audit considered the risk of the higher euro/dollar ...

   News item | 19-01-2016 | 13:22

6. Court critical about information on procurement of JSF and transition to JSF

   In its letter to the Dutch House of Representatives on 10 February, the Netherlands Court of Audit makes a number of critical ...

   News item | 10-02-2015 | 15:09

7. President Stuiveling calls for greater transparency in NATO

   The North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the dozens of entities that operate within it could improve their public ...

   News item | 24-11-2014 | 10:14

8. Public accountability for NATO expenditure: small rays of hope but limited transparency

   Quarter of IBAN audit opinions for 2013 qualified or adverse Despite the many small steps taken to enhance transparency, public ...

   News item | 18-11-2014 | 10:16

9. Comments on the Ministry of Defence’s ambitions

   In a letter to the House of Representatives of 14 October 2014, the Court of Audit makes a number of comments on the Ministry of ...

   News item | 14-10-2014 | 08:38

10. Ministry of Defence still has a lot of work to do to benefit from new ICT system

    The Dutch Ministry of Defence has been introducing a complex ICT system since 2005 to support and improve its operations. The ...

    News item | 16-01-2014 | 10:56