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Date Issued
Submitting OIG
Department of Defense OIG
Other Participating OIGs
Department of Defense OIG
Agencies Reviewed/Investigated
Department of Defense
Components
United States Navy (USN)
United States Army (USA)
United States Air Force (USAF)
Under Secretary of Defense Comptroller/Chief Financial Officer
Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS)
Report Number
DODIG-2021-095
Report Type
Audit
Agency Wide
Yes
Number of Recommendations
0
Questioned Costs
$0
Funds for Better Use
$0

Open Recommendations

This report has 8 open recommendations.
Recommendation Number Significant Recommendation Recommended Questioned Costs Recommended Funds for Better Use Additional Details
D-2021-0095-D000FP-0001-0001.A1a No $0 $0

Rec. A.1.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, work with the Directors of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service and DoD Components to establish and implement business rules between all the systems that create, process, or store SF 1081 transactions and the Advancing Analytics tool to ensure that the DoD maintains a universe of SF 1081 transactions in a centralized database.

D-2021-0095-D000FP-0001-0001.A1b No $0 $0

Rec. A.1.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/ Chief Financial Officer, DoD, work with the Directors of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service and DoD Components to establish memorandums of understanding with the system owners and the Advancing Analytics owners to define roles and responsibilities for managing the SF 1081 transactions.

D-2021-0095-D000FP-0001-0001.A1d No $0 $0

Rec. A.1.d: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, work with the Directors of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service and DoD Components to develop metric reports that track the net and absolute dollar amount, and number of SF 1081 transactions by each system that creates, processes, and stores SF 1081 transactions.

D-2021-0095-D000FP-0001-0001.A1f No $0 $0

Rec. A.1.f: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, work with the Directors of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service and DoD Components to ensure that all systems that create, process, or store SF 1081 transactions can differentiate between SF 1081 transactions and other types of transactions. In addition, the systems should have the capability to differentiate between SF 1081 transactions used to correct errors and those used to transfer funds.

D-2021-0095-D000FP-0002-0001.B1 No $0 $0

Rec. B.1: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, work with the Director of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service to either update the Defense Joint Military Pay System to ensure that all disbursements cite the correct accounting information or develop alternative automated solutions.

D-2021-0095-D000FP-0002-0002.B2c No $0 $0

Rec. B.2.c: The DoD OIG recommended that the Director of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service implement procedures to inform DoD Component management when the Component is charged for Defense Finance and Accounting Service errors.

D-2021-0095-D000FP-0002-0002.B2f No $0 $0

Rec. B.2.f: The DoD OIG recommended that the Director of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service identify other processes or systems that may be using suspense accounts to record known transactions and implement corrective actions, to include updating applicable process documentation, as appropriate.

D-2021-0095-D000FP-0002-0005.B5 No $0 $0

Rec. B.5: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, identify and direct the appropriate official to conduct an analysis of the various cost components that the Defense Finance and Accounting Service uses to compute the rate it charges DoD customers for its services. From this analysis, identify and implement improvements to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service operations to reduce the DoD's cost of accounting and financial management operations.

Department of Defense OIG

United States