Financial Technical Upgrade
Abstract
The NMMES Family of Systems has two primary systems that are financial feeders; 1) SYMIS Mission Funded COST (aka COST) system which processes cost related data for mission funded activities with the Standard Accounting & Reporting System - Field Level (STARS-FL); and 2) the SYMIS Pre & Post Payroll Processes system which manages the Time & Attendance data from the NMMES Family of Systems to the Defense Civilian Payroll System (DCPS). These systems are targeted for modernization to address the FOUR mandatory requirements: 1) meeting FISCAM and auditability requirements; 2) transitioning COST to interface with SABRS, vice STARS-FL no later than 30 September 2018; 3) both these systems are COBOL-based. COST utilizes a 1990s era Case tool (PACBASE) to generate COBOL-ready code. In 2015, vendor support for the PACBASE tool was transitioned to an IBM subsidiary in France (who in 2016 informed the Navy that support for the tool would end by 2018), hence without this tool the COST system cannot be updated and therefore must be refreshed in order to operate; and 4) the rapid increase in the cost of gaining sufficient COBOL licenses to operate these two systems in support of fleet maintenance has also created emerging execution year budget challenges for the Navy to such an extent that it is now more feasible to immediately transition these systems to a non-COBOL solution than to continue in the current licensing structure. The Financial Technical Upgrade addresses these four urgent needs in order to continue operation of the NMMES Family of Systems beyond 2018.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2020
- Source ID
- 739f2465dc9e31298edea074aa92f23c