General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS)

Abstract

General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS) undertakes necessary efforts to integrate, implement, and build the next generation of Enterprise Business Systems capabilities. This effort is required to develop a converged, modernized Enterprise Resource Planning system that streamlines and integrates the Army's core business functions. GFEBS must take critical steps towards integration and implementation of the next generation of Enterprise Business Systems capabilities. This effort will address the obsolescence of existing SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) logistics and financial management platforms that the vendor plans to sunset by FY 28. GFEBS' modernization work sets the conditions for development of a converged, post-modern Defense Business System that streamlines and integrates the Army's core business functions. GFEBS must identify redundant processes as candidates for business process re-engineering. Funding will support the 1) market research of Industry best practices, 2) Initiation of an Army Enterprise Development Environment to enable prototyping which reduces risk by aiding the requirements development. This environment includes: Cloud-hosted infrastructure, applications, and programs and tools, 3) government Program Management and Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) contractors needed to plan for and manage the initiation of the post-modern system implementation effort. DV6 - General Fund Enterprise Business System-Sensitive Activities (GFEBS-SA): GFEBS-SA is a designated National Security System (NSS) leveraging the GFEBS base system as the Army's core financial management system certified by the Chief Financial Officers Council. To protect sensitive information and enable clean auditability, the Army requires a separate instance of GFEBS operated on a secure network for processing sensitive and classified financial transactions that cannot be processed in the fully-fielded GFEBS base system without compromising classified information or missions, or endangering soldiers. Therefore, GFEBS-SA is an essential financial program designed to enable the auditability that is needed to comply with the Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Act, the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act (FFMIA), and prevent compromise of data that could cause grave harm to U.S. forces. GFEBS-SA is envisioned as a fully functional GFEBS application operated on a Secure Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPR), leveraging off of the sustained system design while providing additional implementation that includes additional requirements designed to protect sensitive intelligence operations and special operations missions. It processes Secret Collateral and below information while providing GFEBS capabilities such as distribution and execution of appropriated funds, cost management, financial reporting, and asset management. GFEBS-SA will be implemented and deployed to 3,000 users across 150 locations worldwide. GFEBS-SA supports information exchanges with organizations that support the Army's sensitive activities mission, including cross-security domain integration between Secure Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPR) and Non-Classify Internet Protocol Router Network (NIPR) with GFEBS and other system partners. Services are capable of being upgraded throughout the life of the program in order to incorporate advances in best business practices and technology, and will modify capability to maintain a synchronized software baseline with the GFEBS base system to maintain efficiencies in capability enhancements, training documentation, and sustainment support. The GFEBS-SA system achieved Full Deployment in fiscal year (FY) 2021. The FY 2022 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDTE) funding requested will fund system upgrades and enhancements to ensure synchronization between the GFEBS-SA system and the GFEBS base system in order to meet mandatory data exchange and interface requirements. FY 2022 funding supports continuous enhancements to the GFEBS-SA data protection and partitioning software as other SIPR capabilities are brought online, critical to ensuring appropriate security measures are in place to protect sensitive activity data. GF5 - General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS): GFEBS is the Army's core financial management system for administering its General Fund. Full Deployment was reached in 2012 and the system is currently in the Capability Support (sustainment) phase of the Business Acquisition Cycle, focused on modernization, cyber security, and system enhancements while also conducting capability enhancements to meet policy and deliver accurate Army financial information. GFEBS was implemented to fulfill the needs and enable the Army to comply with the Federal Financial Management, deployed to over 35,000 users across 200 locations worldwide. GFEBS was developed using a commercial off-the-shelf Enterprise Resource Planning system that is certified by the Chief, Financial Officer Council and provides six core financial functions (United States General Ledger (USGL), Cost Management, Funds Control, Payable Management, Real Property, Receivable Management and Reports). GFEBS RDTE funds capability enhancements designed to meet audit readiness standards and continue to make system changes as prioritized by the functional sponsor and user community through the Tactical Financial Information Council, a Senior Executive Service/General Officer-level board. The RDTE funding will support the increase in mission performance and improvement of automated system processes. Continue efforts to support modernization efforts aligned with the Original Equipment Manufacturer's Systems Applications and Products (SAP) next generation capability, activities include code de-customization, data enablement, and improved automated data access to prevent end of support for the current database and platform. Funds will also support acquisition trades and market research on alternatives for SAP based finance/logistics consolidation to evaluate potential efficiencies by reducing platforms and licenses. FY 2022 RDTE funds will be utilized to conduct system enhancements, including G-Invoicing necessary to meet OSD and Army data exchange and interface requirements. The additional capability will support both compliancy to meet audit requirements and updated interfaces to replace sun-setting systems.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2022
• Source ID: 0604822A_5_2040_PB_2022
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Best Practices
• Commerce
• Contracts
• Control Systems
• Data Centers
• Financial Management
• National Security
• Network Protocols
• Procurement
• Product Development
• Program Management
• Software Development
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation
• United States
• United States Government

Fields of Study

• Computer science

Readers

• Defense Financial Management and Audit.
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.

Technology Areas

• Cyber