Defense Finance and Accounting Service Kansas City Federal Manager's Financial Integrity Act, Federal Financial Management Improvement Act, and Federal Information Security Management Acting Reporting of FY 2005

Abstract

Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) Headquarters, Cleveland, and Kansas City personnel responsible for the internal control program and Annual Statement of Assurance reporting; and Department of Navy and United States Marine Corps personnel responsible for financial management and reporting should read this report. This report contains recommendations that DFAS Kansas City should follow to ensure that effective internal controls are in place to assess and report on its Management Control Program. The United States Marine Corps relies on assurances made regarding the effectiveness of controls DFAS Kansas City uses to prepare the United States Marine Corps stand-alone financial statements. The United States Marine Corps financial statements are consolidated into the Department of Navy financial statements. Background. This report provides an assessment of the reliability of the DFAS Kansas City FY 2005 Annual Statement of Assurance report on internal control required by the Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA) and Federal Financial Management Improvement Act (FFMIA). In addition, this report provides an assessment of DFAS Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) reporting on its security program. DFAS Kansas City is responsible for reporting the United States Marine Corps financial statement data to the Department of the Navy. This report discusses how DFAS Kansas City implemented policies and procedures governing internal controls over financial data. Results. DFAS Kansas City did not have adequate processes in place to determine whether material internal control weaknesses existed and were included in the FMFIA, FFMIA, and FISMA annual reports as required.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 19, 2008
Accession Number
ADA477031

Entities

People

  • Beverly Smythe
  • Cassondra Lane
  • Cecelia M. Ball
  • Denny Moore
  • Edward A. Blair
  • Erin Hart
  • Michael J. Adams
  • Patricia A. Marsh
  • Paul J. Granetto

Organizations

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

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Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Finance
  • Financial Management
  • Governments
  • Information Security
  • Information Systems
  • Inventory
  • Marine Corps
  • National Security
  • Risk Analysis
  • Security
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Business

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.