Application Controls Over the Defense Joint Military Pay System Reserve Component
Abstract
This audit was requested by the Director, Defense Finance and Accounting Service Denver Center, Denver, Colorado. The audit focused on controls over the Reserve component of the military pay application known as the Defense Joint Military Pay System. A prior audit evaluated security controls for the active-duty component of this application. In FY 1996, the Defense Joint Military Pay System Reserve Component paid $3.7 billion to Reserve and National Guard members of the Army and Air Force. This payroll application was managed by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service centers at Indianapolis, Indiana, and Denver, Colorado. Computer programming support was provided by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Financial Systems Organization, Directorates for Software Engineering-Military Pay, in Indianapolis and Denver. The Defense Information Systems Agency, Defense Megacenter-Denver, provided computer support. The primary audit objective was to determine whether application and security software controls of the Defense Joint Military Pay System Reserve Component adequately safeguarded the data integrity of payroll records used to pay Army and Air Force Reserve and National Guard personnel. In addition, we also evaluated the effectiveness of applicable management controls.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 13, 1997
- Accession Number
- ADA369069
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense