### Question
What does questioned cost mean?


### Answer
**Questioned cost** has the following meaning in *5 U.S.C. § 5*:

> a cost that is questioned by the Office because of—


(A) an alleged violation of a provision of a law, regulation, contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or other agreement or document governing the expenditure of funds

#### Citation:
  - *5 U.S.C. § 5*
  - Heading: **INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 1978**

