With Agentic AI, Audit is No Longer a Four-Letter Word

The Department of Defense has a deadline: a clean audit by 2028. And while the goal is non-negotiable, the path has been anything but linear.

The audit challenge isn’t just complexity, it’s capacity. Skilled financial professionals are stuck chasing journal entries, reconciling inconsistencies, and rerunning reports for the third time because the data was inconsistent.

The real issue?

We’ve been expecting humans to do it all.

Enter the Agentic Auditor: Your New Favorite Coworker (Who Won’t Steal Your Stapler)

Remember Milton from Office Space? The guy with the red Swingline and a front-row seat to inefficiency?

Now imagine if Milton had an agentic AI at his side flagging anomalies, initiating reconciliations, and proactively prepping audit documentation before year-end crunch time. No doubt the audit would be clean, the Bobs would see his value, and his stapler would stay safe.

Why It Matters Now

Audit readiness isn’t just about passing a test. It’s about building trust, enabling decision-making, and freeing up federal talent to focus on what matters. And with FY28 looming, DOD needs more than policy, it needs precision.

This is where Groundswell’s Agentic Auditor steps in:

• Automate repetitive reconciliations and PRC documentation prep
• Detect anomalies across numerous fragmented systems
• Standardize processes and business rules to reduce audit risk
• Free up analysts to focus on material weaknesses, not mouse clicks

It’s Not Magic. It’s Mission-Driven Technology.

Agentic systems don’t replace people, they relieve them. By automating what machines do best, they create space for humans to apply judgment, insight, and leadership—exactly what’s needed to fix root issues and close audit findings.

2028 isn’t going to wait and neither should we.

Let’s build the systems that empower analysts, support transparency, and make “clean audit” more than a slogan. The future of accountability won’t be powered by checklists. (And I wouldn’t say I’ve been ‘missing’ it, Bob.)  It will be powered by intent.