Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management, and Intergovernmental Relations
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Category : Waste in government spending
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
The Department of Defense
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management, and Intergovernmental Relations
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ISBN:
Category : Waste in government spending
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Waste in government spending
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Department of Defense implications of financial management issues
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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428970916
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
As an integral part of an effective budget execution system, an agency is responsible for determining and maintaining its available fund balance. Treasury also has information about activity in the agency's accounts, and Treasury's and the agency's records must be periodically reconciled to determine the actual amount of funds available. This is analogous to reconciling one's personal checking account with the monthly bank statement. DOD weaknesses in accounting for its funds include (1) the inability to reconcile its balances to Treasury's, (2) frequent adjustments of recorded payments from one appropriation to another appropriation account, including to canceled appropriations, (3) problem disbursements-disbursements that are not properly matched to specific obligations recorded in the department's records, and (4) obligated balances that are incorrect or unsupported. As a result of these weaknesses, auditors have been unable to verify DOD's Fund Balance With Treasury and its major components -obligate and unobligated balances. This means that DOD does not know with certainty the amount of funding that is available. This information is essential for DOD and the Congress to be able to determine the status of funds and if unobligated balances are available that could be used to reduce current funding requirements or that could be reprogrammed to meet other critical program needs.
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428970916
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
As an integral part of an effective budget execution system, an agency is responsible for determining and maintaining its available fund balance. Treasury also has information about activity in the agency's accounts, and Treasury's and the agency's records must be periodically reconciled to determine the actual amount of funds available. This is analogous to reconciling one's personal checking account with the monthly bank statement. DOD weaknesses in accounting for its funds include (1) the inability to reconcile its balances to Treasury's, (2) frequent adjustments of recorded payments from one appropriation to another appropriation account, including to canceled appropriations, (3) problem disbursements-disbursements that are not properly matched to specific obligations recorded in the department's records, and (4) obligated balances that are incorrect or unsupported. As a result of these weaknesses, auditors have been unable to verify DOD's Fund Balance With Treasury and its major components -obligate and unobligated balances. This means that DOD does not know with certainty the amount of funding that is available. This information is essential for DOD and the Congress to be able to determine the status of funds and if unobligated balances are available that could be used to reduce current funding requirements or that could be reprogrammed to meet other critical program needs.
DOD financial management more reliable information key to assuring accountability and managing defense operations more efficiently
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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428973877
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Recent audits of the fiscal year 1998 financial statements for DOD and the individual military services, performed by the DOD Inspector General (IG) and the service audit agencies, and our report on the U.S. government's financial statements have highlighted many critical DOD financial management problems. These problems not only hamper the department's ability to produce timely and accurate financial management information, but also significantly impair efforts to improve the economy and efficiency of its operations. Key areas of concern relate to ineffective asset control and accountability, which affects DOD's visibility over weapons systems and inventory, and unreliable cost and budget information, which affects DOD's ability to effectively measure performance, reduce costs, and maintain adequate funds control.
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428973877
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Recent audits of the fiscal year 1998 financial statements for DOD and the individual military services, performed by the DOD Inspector General (IG) and the service audit agencies, and our report on the U.S. government's financial statements have highlighted many critical DOD financial management problems. These problems not only hamper the department's ability to produce timely and accurate financial management information, but also significantly impair efforts to improve the economy and efficiency of its operations. Key areas of concern relate to ineffective asset control and accountability, which affects DOD's visibility over weapons systems and inventory, and unreliable cost and budget information, which affects DOD's ability to effectively measure performance, reduce costs, and maintain adequate funds control.
Financial Management
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The Department of Defense
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management, and Intergovernmental Relations
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Department of Defense financial audits highlight continuing challenges to correct serious financial management problems
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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428975721
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428975721
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
The Department of Defense's Financial Management Problems
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The Department of Defense
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency, and Financial Management
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Defense Financial Management
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
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Category : National security
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : National security
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Department of Defense
Author: U S Government Accountability Office (G
Publisher: BiblioGov
ISBN: 9781289226800
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed financial management issues at the Department of Defense (DOD). GAO noted that: (1) to date no major part of DOD has yet been able to pass the test of an independent audit--auditors consistently have issued disclaimers of opinion because of pervasive weaknesses in DOD's financial management systems, operations, and controls; (2) such problems led GAO in 1995 to put DOD financial management on a list of high-risk areas vulnerable to waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement, a designation that continued in last year's update; (3) lacking such key controls and information not only hampers the department's ability to produce timely and accurate financial information, but also significantly impairs efforts to improve the economy and efficiency of its operations; (4) unreliable cost and budget information affects DOD's ability to effectively measure performance, reduce costs, and maintain adequate funds control, while ineffective asset accountability and control adversely affect DOD's visibility over weapons systems and inventory; (5) establishing an integrated financial management system--including both automated and manual processes--will be key to reforming DOD's financial management operations; (6) DOD has acknowledged that its present system has long-standing inadequacies and does not, for the most part, comply with the federal system standards; (7) DOD has set out an integrated financial management system goal; and (8) further, the department is now well-positioned to adapt the lessons learned from addressing the year 2000 issue and GAO's recently issued survey of the best practices of world-class financial management organizations and to use the information technology investment criteria included in the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996.
Publisher: BiblioGov
ISBN: 9781289226800
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed financial management issues at the Department of Defense (DOD). GAO noted that: (1) to date no major part of DOD has yet been able to pass the test of an independent audit--auditors consistently have issued disclaimers of opinion because of pervasive weaknesses in DOD's financial management systems, operations, and controls; (2) such problems led GAO in 1995 to put DOD financial management on a list of high-risk areas vulnerable to waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement, a designation that continued in last year's update; (3) lacking such key controls and information not only hampers the department's ability to produce timely and accurate financial information, but also significantly impairs efforts to improve the economy and efficiency of its operations; (4) unreliable cost and budget information affects DOD's ability to effectively measure performance, reduce costs, and maintain adequate funds control, while ineffective asset accountability and control adversely affect DOD's visibility over weapons systems and inventory; (5) establishing an integrated financial management system--including both automated and manual processes--will be key to reforming DOD's financial management operations; (6) DOD has acknowledged that its present system has long-standing inadequacies and does not, for the most part, comply with the federal system standards; (7) DOD has set out an integrated financial management system goal; and (8) further, the department is now well-positioned to adapt the lessons learned from addressing the year 2000 issue and GAO's recently issued survey of the best practices of world-class financial management organizations and to use the information technology investment criteria included in the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996.