Next Generation Resource Management System

Abstract

The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) (OUSD(C)) is responsible for advising the Secretary of Defense on all Defense budgetary and fiscal matters, for Defense budget development and execution, and for overseeing financial management across the Department. The OUSD(C) has a broad set of responsibilities in supporting the Planning, Programing, Budget and Execution (PPBE) process. The Office of the Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE), provides independent analytic advice to the Secretary of Defense on all aspects of the Defense program, including alternative weapon systems and force structures, the development and evaluation of programs and defense program alternatives, and the cost-effectiveness of defense systems. OUSD(C) and CAPE use multiple systems to formulate, justify, distribute, and execute DoD budgets. The information managed by the budget formulation and programming systems is redundant, and reconciliation of information is difficult and inefficient. These systems require extensive manpower investments to provide executives the information needed to make timely key financial decisions. The OUSD(C) and CAPE require a more efficient and effective Defense budget environment that optimizes the budget cycle to ensure users are processing and reporting efficiently and DoD Senior Leadership has the information to make informed, critical decisions. The OUSD(C) requires capabilities to provide for the effective formulation, and justification of the Defense budget to be adaptable and modern. This includes the following: • Automated exchange and reconciliation of budget data • Improved efficiency through the utilization of a unified budgetary model • Instantaneous ability to generate data for management reviews and decisions • Capability to accommodate emerging business practices • Agile methods to launch and terminate new development efforts more quickly • Seamlessly combine the outputs of multiple efforts at various levels of maturity for organizational responsiveness and alternative resource allocation for innovation adoption As of the 3rd Quarter FY 2022, NGRMS has been developed and has deployed Initial Operating Capability (IOC) to all Department of Defense Services and agencies. The system has been designed as a single system with a unified data source for OUSD(C) and CAPE, which supports the reforming and modernizing of the PPBE process. It provides a single, integrated system that employs the latest technologies to fulfill the Department’s financial management responsibilities in an effective, efficient, and adaptable manner. The new system’s agile development approach compliments the continuous and ongoing studies and changes to the PPBE and appropriation processes to prevent stagnant complexities. It also provides twenty-first century information technology that allows users to view information from multiple fully integrated modules simultaneously, e.g., current year budget submission, decision documents from previous years, and budget execution information.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2024
• Source ID: 927_0605027D8Z_5_0400_PB_2024

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