GENERAL FUND ENTERPRISE BUSINESS SYSTEM (GFEBS)

Abstract

The General Fund Business Enterprise System (GFEBS) is a Major Automated Information System (MAIS) program and is in the Production & Deployment/ Operations and Support Phase. It will follow the DoD Business Enterprise Architecture which is aligned to the mandated Federal Enterprise Architecture. GFEBS was implemented to fulfill the needs and comply with the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act (FFMIA), The Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990, the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, the Government Management Reform Act of 1994, and the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 and to fulfill the stated mission of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller (ASA(FM&C). GFEBS will replace financial systems operating in excess of 30 years like the Standard Finance Systems (STANFINS) and other costly feeder systems which do not allow the Department of Defense (DoD) or the U.S. government to achieve an unqualified opinion on its financial statements. GFEBS will become the Department of the Army's new core financial management system for administering its General Fund. GFEBS will be a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system that is certified by the Chief, Financial Officer Council (CFOC) and provides the six core financial functions. GFEBS will allow tactical commanders to make informed decisions on a virtually real time system. On 1 October 2008, GFEBS Release 1.2 was successfully implemented to the Fort Jackson Garrison, Defense Finance Accounting Service (DFAS) Indianapolis, Indiana and several other organizations. It is a viable and operational system with positive feedback from the field. On 1 April 2009 GFEBS Release 1.3 was successfully implemented to Release 1.2 locations as well as Fort Benning, Fort Stewart, DFAS Rome and several other organizations. On 1 October 2009 GFEBS Release 1.4 was successfully implemented incompassing all of Release 1.2/1.3 sites. GFEBS is expected to receive its Full Deployment Decision Review (FDDR) in January 2010 for Release 1.3 deployment. FY11 Base development dollars in the amount of $13.576 million supports the development and testing of Report, Interfaces, Conversions, and Extensions (RICE) in support of the remaining Release 1.4 releases. Army has made the determination that RDTE was best suited for ongoing software development costs. OSD revalidated and approved GFEBS funding at Milestone B/C and added additional RDTE development and test requirements from the previous President's Budget submission.The GFEBS Full Deployment Decision Review (FDDR) Army Cost Position (ACP), approved in October 2009, supports this request. FY12 Base development dollars in the amount of $0.547 million supports the development of Procure to Pay (P2P).

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2012
• Source ID: GF5_0604822A_5_2040_PB_2012

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• Defense Acquisition Program Management
• Defense Financial Management and Audit.