ARMY BUSINESS SYSTEM MODERNIZATION INITIATIVES

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Adapt/improve/install/field government off the shelf (GOTS), commercial off the shelf (COTS), and new software to perform various tasks in a networked environment such as data warehousing, force management, personnel, installation and environmental databases and applications to support Business System Transformation and Installation Management. The Army Human Resources Command (HRC) has two efforts for which RDT&E will be applied. One is to prepare those systems for subsumption by the Integrated Personnel and Pay System (IPPS-A). The other is to disconnect and upgrade those systems not being subsumed by IPPS-A. Many systems have delayed upgrade do to the planned release of DIMHRS. Systems that will be targeted by HRC to prepare for IPPS-A subsumption or upgrade are the Enlisted Distribution and Assignment System (EDAS), Soldier Management System (SMS), the Army Strategic Readiness Update (ASRU), the Keystone Retain System, and the Interactive Personnel Electronic Records Management System (iPERMS). The Program Planning Budget (PPB)- Business Operating System (BOS) will standardize and better integrate the transactional automated information systems used in the HQDA level programming and budgeting processes. These systems are core to the PPBE business processes of the HQ for gathering programmatic requirements, balancing resources and delivering the Army's program budget to OSD. This project is streamlining programming and budgeting processes and significantly improving strategic analysis capabilities. The project is architecting, reengineering, streamlining and consolidating HQDA systems, feeder data base systems, and streamlining the associated processes. These improvements will improve capability eliminate redundancies and reduce overall cost of operations. The PPB BOS project is complementary to the Army's General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS) program. The Law Enforcement Advisory Program (LEAP), formerly known as the Criminal Information Management System (CIMS), is a collection of mission essential information technology (IT) systems within the Criminal Investigation Command (CIDC) and the Office of the Provost Marshal General (OPMG). USACIDC and OPMG has been tasked by the Army Health Promotion/Risk Reduction (HP/RR) task force to develop and integrate a unified, comprehensive enterprise program / system that shall house Classified and Unclassified - Law Enforcement Sensitive (LES) data which shall leverage existing and future Army LE enterprise information technology (IT) assets and other external data sources providing a full range of law enforcement functions to support business objectives and mission. This new comprehensive enterprise environment shall provide US Army LE stakeholders the enhanced capability to rapidly and efficiently manage a variety of LE and criminal intelligence (CrimIntel) functions; as well as a broader range of senior executive reporting requirements. The Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) is a web-based software system used at the United States Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory (USACIL) at Fort Gillem, GA for the management of casework and tracking of all evidence received and processed. The USACIL requires RDT&E funding to complete the configuration, installation and validation of additional LIMS modules in support of forensics (to include the Materials Management, Equipment Management, Proficiency Testing, Training and Crime Scene support); and, to support the development, configuration and implementation of an Expeditionary Forensics Laboratory Information Management System (eLIMS) in theater. The eLIMS is the conduit between the deployed labs and the laboratory located at Ft. Gillem. The eLIMS would provide the forensic analysts with the ability to collect, track, store and analyze evidence collected from battlefield crime scenes at required competency levels of testing and calibration. It will allow the results to be electronically maintained and transmitted to the permanent physical lab at Ft. Gillem, Ga. In addition, the system would afford the analysts electronic access to shared case management and evidence databases at the LAB from their deployed positions. At the current configuration of LIMS from CONUS locations, transmission of case related information can be processed in real time; however, transmission of case related information in theater takes approximately 1-2 hours. If requirements are not funded, the USACIL will not be able to complete and implement the additional forensic modules for the core LIMS or develop and implement the eLIMS for the deployable labs. The stated objective will be delayed, resulting in a less than efficient process for handling of cases in theater and an inability to meet acceptable levels of turnaround time for casework.

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Document Type: Project
Publication Date: Oct 01, 2013
Source ID: T05_0605013A_5_2040_PB_2013

ARMY BUSINESS SYSTEM MODERNIZATION INITIATIVES

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