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Report File
Date Issued
Submitting OIG
Department of Defense OIG
Other Participating OIGs
Department of Defense OIG
Agencies Reviewed/Investigated
Department of Defense
Report Number
DODIG-2024-047
Report Type
Audit
Agency Wide
Yes
Number of Recommendations
0
Questioned Costs
$0
Funds for Better Use
$727,900,000

Open Recommendations

This report has 18 open recommendations.
Recommendation Number Significant Recommendation Recommended Questioned Costs Recommended Funds for Better Use Additional Details
D-2024-0047-D000FV-0001-0001.a1 No $0 $0

(U) Rec. 1.a.1: The DoD OIG recommended that the Deputy Secretary of Defense direct the Under Secretary of Defense(Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, and the DoD Chief Information Officer to identify a lead and the lead subsequently develops and implements plans to create an ideal end-state document that identifies the financial management systems that the DoD will have when it achieves compliance with the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996.

D-2024-0047-D000FV-0001-0001.a2 No $0 $0

(U) Rec. 1.a.2: The DoD OIG recommended that the Deputy Secretary of Defense direct the Under Secretary of Defense(Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, and the DoD Chief Information Officer to identify a lead and the lead subsequently develops and implements plans to create a strategy for all DoD financial management systems to either become compliant with the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996 or be retired and replaced in a timely manner.

D-2024-0047-D000FV-0001-0001.a4 No $0 $0

(U) Rec. 1.a.4: The DoD OIG recommended that the Deputy Secretary of Defense direct the Under Secretary of Defense(Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, and the DoD Chief Information Officer to identify a lead and the lead subsequently develops and implements plans to create a deliberate and systematic process of adopting the functionalities already available in the enterprise resource planning systems or other DoD-wide solution to replace those functionalities not approved by the Deputy Secretary of Defense.

D-2024-0047-D000FV-0001-0001.a5 No $0 $0

(U) Rec. 1.a.5: The DoD OIG recommended that the Deputy Secretary of Defense direct the Under Secretary of Defense(Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, and the DoD Chief Information Officer to identify a lead and the lead subsequently develops and implements plans to identify opportunities for DoD-wide solutions to simplify the DoD's financial management system environment.

D-2024-0047-D000FV-0001-0001.a6 No $0 $0

(U) Rec. 1.a.6: The DoD OIG recommended that the Deputy Secretary of Defense direct the Under Secretary of Defense(Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, and the DoD Chief Information Officer to identify a lead and the lead subsequently develops and implements plans create a single DoD-wide solution for the remaining activity for which the DoD is unable to use Treasury Department programs.

D-2024-0047-D000FV-0001-0001.a7 No $0 $0

(U) Rec. 1.a.7: The DoD OIG recommended that the Deputy Secretary of Defense direct the Under Secretary of Defense(Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, and the DoD Chief Information Officer to identify a lead and the lead subsequently develops and implements plans to identify significant challenges preventing the DoD Components from simplifying the DoD's system environment and implement DoD-wide solutions to address any identified challenges.

D-2024-0047-D000FV-0001-0002.a1 No $0 $0

(U) Rec. 2.a.1: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD coordinate with the DoD Chief Information Officer to develop and implement policies and procedures that require the DoD Components to document all end-to-end processes relevant to financial transactions with sufficient detail to identify how systems are used and oversee and monitor the documentation of those processes.

D-2024-0047-D000FV-0001-0002.a2 No $0 $0

(U) Rec. 2.a.2: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD coordinate with the DoD Chief Information Officer to review all DoD Component end-to-end processes to compile a complete list of internal controls over financial reporting-relevant systems and micro-applications.

D-2024-0047-D000FV-0001-0002.b No $0 $0

(U) Rec. 2.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD develop and implement controls to ensure the completeness of the DoD's internal control over financial reporting?relevant list.

D-2024-0047-D000FV-0001-0002.c No $0 $0

(U) Rec. 2.c: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD develop and implement controls to ensure the accuracy of the data tracked in the internal controls over financial reporting?relevant list.

D-2024-0047-D000FV-0001-0002.d No $0 $0

(U) Rec. 2.d: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD reevaluate the DoD's timeline for modernizing its financial management systems in an effort to expedite the remediation of the DoD's noncompliance with the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996.

D-2024-0047-D000FV-0001-0002.f No $0 $0

(U) Rec. 2.f: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD update the DoD's plans to discuss the use of non-DoD-owned systems, micro applications, and robotic process automation and machine learning software.

D-2024-0047-D000FV-0001-0002.g No $0 $0

(U) Rec. 2.g: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD develop and implement a plan to limit the use of micro?applications used to produce the DoD Agency-Wide financial statements by using to the fullest extent possible the DoD's modern general ledger systems or Advanced Analytics.

D-2024-0047-D000FV-0001-0002.h No $0 $0

(U) Rec. 2.h: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD identify in their plans that the DoD Chief Information Officer is responsible for overseeing all system decisions (including retirement).

D-2024-0047-D000FV-0001-0003.b No $0 $0

(U) Rec. 3.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the DoD Chief Information Officer reconsider the definition of a legacy system to ensure that it encompasses a system that is outdated and needs to be modernized or retired, regardless of when the DoD chooses to retire it.

D-2024-0047-D000FV-0001-0003.c No $0 $0

(U) Rec. 3.c: The DoD OIG recommended that the DoD Chief Information Officer coordinate with the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/ Chief Financial Officer, DoD, to obtain from each system owner an estimate of the total cost associated with each DoD system retiring or becoming compliant with the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996 through modernization and identify where in the DoD's budget the funds to do so are located.

D-2024-0047-D000FV-0001-0003.e No $0 $134,100,000

(U) Rec. 3.e: This recommendation is Controlled Unclassified Information

D-2024-0047-D000FV-0001-0003.f No $0 $593,800,000

(U) Rec. 3.f: The DoD OIG recommended that the DoD Chief Information Officer coordinate with the system owners of 19 additional systems that according to the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, "can and should" be retired, to develop and implement a plan to expedite their retirement and allow for the DoD to put $593.8 million in future funding to better use.

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