Out front was a man who ran an accounting office inside.

Now I need you to get back to the accounting office and catch up on the books.

Yet officials at both the department and the accounting office said more personnel were needed.

The accounting office estimated that at any given time one in 300 workers would be away on leave.

The decision whether to pursue the matter in court is up to the accounting office.

The accounting office does most of its work in response to requests from Congress.

In its report, the accounting office said the Pentagon expected to spend $21.8 billion on the system between 1997 and 2009.

That represented an additional $63 million cost in 1995, the accounting office said.

The overall difference would have been $3.2 billion, according to estimates by the accounting office.

All the university did for the money was to submit the bills, said the accounting office.