The SAP/IR&D auditability gap.
documentedgovernment_studyGovernment Concealment & Secrecy Architecture
A 1990 HASC study is widely cited that Congress reviews only 5-10% of Special-Access-Required programs; GAO-20-578 documents that 'DoD does not know how contractors' independent R&D projects fit into the department's technology goals' despite ~$4-5B/yr reimbursed.
The documented oversight blind spot: even willing overseers see a fraction of SAR programs, and DoD lacks strategic visibility into the ~$4-5B/yr classified IR&D channel. HONESTY: the 5-10% figure traces to a 1990 HASC study circulating via secondary sources (flagged for primary follow-up); the GAO IR&D-alignment gap is primary-documented.
Connected entities
Classified contractor IR&D (DFARS 231.205-18).Funding lattice — how a concealed program would be paid for (computed).Waived Unacknowledged SAP (USAP).