Controls Over Army Working Capital Fund Real Property Assets

Abstract

Our objective was to determine whether the Army Working Capital Fund had controls in place to provide reasonable assurance that it could properly manage real property assets. This report addresses real property acquisition, improvement, disposal controls, and supporting documentation for real property transactions. The Army is working toward implementing sustainable business practices and internal controls at Army installations to address long-standing problems with obtaining real property transaction supporting documentation and retaining it in a readily available location for the required retention period. During FY 2009, the Army plans to institute handbook guidance to establish real property controls and practices at all Army installations, including its 13 AWCF installations. The Real Property Audit Preparation Handbook addresses many of the previously identified problems in supporting financial transactions affecting real property assets. The handbook instructs Army installation personnel on how to confirm the existence of real property assets, verify the completeness of real property databases, and develop standardized source document files. However, the Army needs to define its plans for completing reviews at AWCF installations and the actions the quality review teams will take to ensure that Army installations establish appropriate internal controls and sustainable business practices. In addition, the Army should work with the Business Transformation Agency to develop a reliable electronic storage and retrieval process for maintaining real property documentation. The ability of installation personnel to sustain effective business practices for AWCF real property assets will be essential to producing accurate, reliable, and timely information in support of the installation and for the auditability of the General PP&E line item.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 29, 2009
Accession Number
ADA501217

Entities

Organizations

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

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  • Cyber
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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Department Of Defense
  • Financial Management
  • Inventory
  • Logistics
  • Management Personnel
  • Money
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Resource Management
  • Risk
  • Risk Analysis
  • Training

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