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Appendix Iv Ckmunents From the Department of Defense a comprehensive plan for improving and integrating the Air Force'8 financial management and accounting systems.. A Defense Managemen

Appendix Iv

Ckmunents From the Department of Defense

a comprehensive plan for improving and integrating the Air

Force'8 financial management and accounting systems

Do0 ReSTWiser Concur A Defense Management Report initiative

is expected to provide for such improvement and integration

0 Recommendation No 25: The GAO recommended that the Secretary

of the Air Force review the systems requirements of Base Level

Accounting and Report System and all related systems to ensure

that they are complete and that they address all the Air

Force’s concerns about its operations and the problems

addressed in this report

DoD Reswnse: Concur A Defense Management Report initiative

provides for DOD-wide accounting functional requirements and

systems This initiative, which would alleviate the need for

the Air Force to pursue development of the Base Level

Accounting and Reporting System, can be expected to address

the conditions identified in this draft report

0 Recommendation No 26: The GAO recommended that the Secretary

of the Air Force ensure that a project management structure

and plan are in place to avoid the potential pitfalls that

have caused problems in past systems development efforts

This structure must include adequate representation and

participation by top management and functional users in all

phases of the development effort

DoD Resvoneer Concur A Defense Management Report

initiative, to develop standard DOD-wide requirements and

systems is being established This effort, which is fully

supported by the Secretary of Defense, will have both “top

management” and “functional user” involvement, including

adequate structure, plan, and personnel and financial

resources

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Appendix IV

Commenta F’rom the Department of Defense

dated February 21,199O

Force Does Not Effectively Account for Billions of Dollars of Resources

2 We have modified the report to specifically discuss the Selected Acquisition Reports sent to the Congress and recognize that the costs they report are more accurate than the costs provided by the Air Force’s financial management systems

3 The Defense Management Report is addressed under Agency Com- ments at the end of the executive summary

uation at the end of chapter 2

uation at the end of chapter 5

6 We corrected the report to show $10 billion as unrequired inventory

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