Financial Management Reforms

The Department of Defense is continuing to vigorously transform its financial management operations, processes and systems. Once fully transformed, the Department's financial management process will rely on a smaller number of modernized finance and accounting systems, adhere to new government-wide accounting requirements promulgated in recent years, and reap the benefits of substantial compatibility among its financial and nonfinancial systems. As a result, more accurate and timely financial services will be provided at a lower cost.

The Department's pivotal agent for accomplishing these reforms is the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS). The DFAS has made remarkable progress since its formation in 1991. As the largest finance and accounting firm in the world, the DFAS now processes a monthly average of nearly 10 million payments to DoD personnel; 1.2 million commercial invoices; 450,000 travel vouchers/settlements; 500,000 savings bond issuances; and 122,000 transportation bills of lading, with monthly disbursements averaging $24 billion.

The Financial Management Improvement Plan is the Department's blueprint for financial management reform. The goals of the Plan are to implement more effective systems, reengineer DoD business practices, and improve the financial management framework..


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 Summary of Financial Management Reforms

 Annual Report to the President and the Congress, as of January 1999

 DoD Biennial Financial Management Improvement Plan

 Dod Financial Management Improvement Plan - September 1999

 Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS)

 DoD Travel Reengineering



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