Transforming the Department of Defense financial management: a strategy for change : hearing before the Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations of the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, June 4, 2002U.S. Government Printing Office, 2003 - 145 páginas |
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Accounting Office accounting system acquisition appropriate budget scenarios business operations business practices business processes business systems C.L. BUTCH Chairman challenges Christopher Shays Cold War committee Comptroller Congress contractor cultural decisions defense budget Defense Department Department of Defense department's financial management DoD financial management DOD's dollars Dov Zakheim effective efforts enterprise architecture financial information financial management improvement financial management problems financial management reform financial management systems financial statements fiscal force Fourth Generation Warfare Friedman funds future FYDP goals going implement incentives information systems internal investments issues JONAS KUCINICH KUTZ LANZILLOTTA leadership LIEBERMAN military services modernization options Pentagon performance Phase planners PPBS priorities private sector production requirements Robert Lieberman Secretary of Defense Secretary Rumsfeld SHAYS Slide spending SPINNEY strategy subcommittee Thank things threats TIERNEY transformation U.S. General Accounting war on terrorism
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Página 67 - DOD faces financial management problems that are pervasive, complex, long-standing, and deeply rooted in virtually all business operations throughout the department.
Página 65 - Kutz follows:] United States General Accounting Office GAO Testimony Before the Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations, Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:00 am.
Página 94 - Mr. Chairman, this concludes my statement. I would be pleased to answer any questions you or other members of the Subcommittee may have at this time. CONTACTS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS For further information about this testimony, please contact Gregory D.
Página 77 - Cultural resistance to change, military service parochialism, and stovepiped operations have all contributed significantly to the failure of previous attempts to implement broad-based management reforms at DOD. The department has acknowledged that it confronts decades-old problems deeply grounded in the bureaucratic history and operating practices of a complex, multifaceted organization and that many of these practices were developed piecemeal and evolved to accommodate different organizations, each...
Página 72 - These numerous systems have evolved into the overly complex and error-prone operation that exists today, including (1) little standardization across DOD components, (2) multiple systems performing the same tasks, (3) the same data stored in multiple systems, (4) manual data entry into multiple systems, and (5) a large number of data translations and interfaces that combine to exacerbate problems with data integrity.
Página 67 - Previous administrations over the past several decades have tried to address these problems in various ways but have largely been unsuccessful. In this regard, on September 10, 2001, Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld announced a broad initiative intended to "transform the way the department works and what it works on" which he estimated could save 5 percent of DOD's budget — or an estimated $15 to $18 billion annually.
Página 71 - DOD's financial management deficiencies adversely affect the department's ability to control costs, ensure basic accountability, anticipate future costs and claims on the budget, measure performance, maintain funds control, prevent fraud, and address pressing management issues.
Página 1 - Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Christopher Shays (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Representatives Shays and Tierney.
Página 25 - Lanzillotta follows:] FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY UNTIL RELEASED BY THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM STATEMENT OF Larry J.
Página 92 - DOD components' financial management investments to • deployment of systems that have already been fully tested and involve no additional development or acquisition cost; • stay-in-business maintenance needed to keep existing systems operational; • management controls needed to effectively invest in modernized systems; and • new systems or existing system changes that are congressionally directed or are relatively small...