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Department of Defense: Financial Management Improvement and Audit Readiness Efforts Continue to Evolve
This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. As one of the largest and most complex organizations in the world, the DoD faces many challenges in resolving its pervasive and long-standing financial mgmt. and related business operations and systems problems. DoD is required by various statutes to: (1) improve its financial mgmt. processes, controls, and systems to ensure that complete, reliable, consistent, and timely info. is prepared and responsive to the financial info. needs of agency mgmt. and oversight bodies; and (2) produce audited financial statements. This statement provides a perspective on DoD's current efforts to address its financial mgmt. weaknesses and achieve auditability, including the status of its Enterprise Resource Planning system implementations. Charts and tables.
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"As one of the largest and most complex organizations in the world, the Department of Defense (DOD) faces many challenges in resolving its pervasive and long-standing financial management and related business operations and systems problems. DOD is required by various statutes to (1) improve its financial management processes, controls, and systems to ensure that complete, reliable, consistent, and timely information is prepared and responsive to the financial information needs of agency management and oversight bodies, and (2) produce audited financial statements.DOD has initiated numerous efforts over the years to improve the department's financial management operations and ultimately achieve unqualified (clean) opinions on the reliability of reported financial information.The Subcommittee has asked GAO to provide its perspective on DOD's current efforts to address its financial management weaknesses and achieve auditability, including the status of its Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system implementations.GAO's testimony is based on its prior work related to DOD's financial improvement and audit readiness strategy and related activities, including its ERP implementation..."
As one of the largest and most complex organizations in the world, the Department of Defense (DOD) faces many challenges in resolving its pervasive and long-standing financial management and related business operations and systems problems. DOD is required by various statutes to (1) improve its financial management processes, controls, and systems to ensure that complete, reliable, consistent, and timely information is prepared and responsive to the financial information needs of agency management and oversight bodies, and (2) produce audited financial statements. DOD has initiated numerous efforts over the years to improve the department's financial management operations and ultimately achieve unqualified (clean) opinions on the reliability of reported financial information. The Subcommittee has asked GAO to provide its perspective on DOD's current efforts to address its financial management weaknesses and achieve auditability, including the status of its Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system implementations. GAO's testimony is based on its prior work related to DOD's financial improvement and audit readiness strategy and related activities, including its ERP implementation efforts.
Since the first financial statement audit was attempted at a major DoD component over 20 years ago, auditors have continued to report significant weaknesses in DoD's ability to provide timely, reliable, consistent, and accurate info. for mgmt. analysis, decision-making, and reporting. In 2005, the Financial Improve. and Audit Readiness (FIAR) Directorate was established in DoD to manage financial improvement efforts and to integrate those efforts with transformation activities across the dept. This report analyzes this plan to identify any areas where improvements are needed to enhance the plan's effectiveness as a mgmt. tool for reporting on DoD's efforts to identify and resolve its financial mgmt. weaknesses and achieve financial statement auditability.
"Department of Defense (DOD) has initiated several efforts over the years to address its long-standing financial management weaknesses and ultimately achieve unqualified (clean) opinions on its financial statements. In 2005, the DOD Comptroller first issued the Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) Plan for improving financial management and reporting. In May 2010, the DOD Comptroller issued the FIAR Guidance to provide standardized guidance to DOD components for developing Financial Improvement Plans (FIP) to implement the FIAR Plan.GAO's testimony focuses on (1) progress made by the DOD Comptroller in developing and issuing the FIAR Guidance, (2) challenges faced by DOD components in implementing the FIAR Guidance, and (3) improvements needed in DOD's oversight and monitoring of FIAR implementation efforts.This statement is based on four audits that were undertaken at the request of this subcommittee and other congressional requesters to evaluate the progress DOD is making in implementing its FIAR Plan and FIAR Guidance. GAO addresses findings and recommendations from two reports being issued this week (GAO-11-830 and GAO-11-851) and preliminary information from two ongoing audits. Each audit demonstrates some of the challenges DOD faces in improving its financial management and achieving..."