Controls Over Electronic Document Management

Abstract

On May 21, 1997, the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) directed the move to a paper-free contracting process which would modernize the acquisition processes of contract writing, administration, finance, and auditing. The Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) initiated Electronic Document Management as part of the DoD Paper-Free Contracting Initiative. Electronic Document Management contributes to the initiative by digitizing paper documents and offering read-only access to official contracts and modifications, invoices, and accounting and finance documents. Personnel at DFAS Columbus rely on the information accessed from Electronic Document Management to make an average of 82,000 contract payments totaling $6 billion each month ($72 billion annually). The Director, DFAS Columbus, requested that we review Electronic Document Management to determine whether sufficient safeguards are in place to ensure the security of electronic contract data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 16, 2001
Accession Number
ADA388751

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Application Software
  • Computer Access Control
  • Computers
  • Contracts
  • Cybersecurity
  • Department Of Defense
  • Financial Management
  • Governments
  • Information Processing
  • Information Security
  • Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • Navy
  • Physical Security
  • Procurement
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics