Defense Finance and Accounting Service Indianapolis Compilation of Other Defense Organizations General Fund Financial Data

Abstract

Personnel at Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) and other DoD accounting offices supporting the Other Defense Organizations general fund, and preparers and users of the DoD Agency-Wide financial statements would benefit from the results of this audit. DFAS Indianapolis (DFAS-IN) provides accounting and financial reporting support for 42 Other Defense Organizations general funds. DFAS-IN receives trial balance information from field accounting sites, which is used to prepare financial statements and budget reports. These 42 Other Defense Organizations general funds were a reporting component of the FY 2007 DoD Agency-Wide Financial Statements and had $140.5 billion in budget authority for FY 2007. Results of the audit show that DFAS-IN's internal controls were not adequate. We identified a material internal control weakness in accounting adjustments made to Other Defense Organizations general fund accounting records. The accounting adjustments were not sufficiently supported and approved. Specifically, the controls did not ensure that accounting adjustments were properly supported, that journal entries recorded in the accounting system agreed with the control log, and that cost estimates used on journal vouchers were supported and properly classified and disclosed on the financial statements. These internal control weaknesses increased the risk that DoD materially misstated balances reported in the DoD Agency-Wide financial statements. In addition, the lack of footnote disclosures discussed in this report could mislead the users of the financial statements. The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer should update the DoD Regulation 7000.14-R, "DoD Financial Management Regulation," to include requirements for financial statement footnote disclosures of the amounts of unresolved abnormal balances.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 23, 2009
Accession Number
ADA499399

Entities

People

  • Patricia A. Marsh

Organizations

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

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  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Accounting
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Computer Programs
  • Contracts
  • Cost Estimates
  • Department Of Defense
  • Finance
  • Financial Management
  • Governments
  • Law
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States Government

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  • Business

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