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In 2001, Donald Rumsfeld said 'According to some estimates, we cannot track $2.3 trillion in transactions.' This has been misinterpreted by many people as $2.3 trillion actually going missing. However it's really just about the way the money was accounted for.
Rumsfeld is asking for more money to improve the accounting systems, because the DOD is working with very outdated systems. This means transactions can't be tracked to acceptable accounting standards. As an example he says:
"The technology revolution has transformed organizations across the private sector, but not ours, not fully, not yet. We are, as they say, tangled in our anchor chain. Our financial systems are decades old. According to some estimates, we cannot track $2.3 trillion in transactions. We cannot share information from floor to floor in this building because it's stored on dozens of technological systems that are inaccessible or incompatible."
Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld. Monday September 10th, 2001