Acquisition of the Defense Joint Accounting System.
Abstract
This audit was conducted in response to the House Committee on Appropriations Report on the Defense Appropriations Bill, 2000. The Committee directed the Inspector General, DoD to determine whether the Defense Joint Accounting System (DJAS), a Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) accounting system, had met DoD information technology standards and the requirements of the Clinger-Cohen Act related to system acquisition. DFAS estimated that $140.2 million would be spent on DJAS by the end of FY 2000. In addition, DFAS estimated that the total life-cycle cost of DJAS would be $700.7 million before the system's planned retirement in FY 2015. DoD plans to have four general fund accounting systems. Under current plans, DJAS would be used by the Army and a variety of Defense agencies. The House Committee on Appropriations Report severely criticized the joint acquisition Milestone I and II approval for DJAS by the Milestone Decision Authority, the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence). The Committee directed the DoD "to conduct a proper Milestone I review of this system."
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 16, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADA378633
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense