United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Accounting and Information Management Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-09-29 monographic deposited born digital 48 p. GA 1.13:AIMD-95-222 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-222 P0b002ee18039b3d9 f:ai95222 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-222 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-222 AIMD-95-222 Financial management systems Agricultural programs Federal agency reorganization Internal controls Chief financial officers Systems architecture ADP procurement Systems compatibility USDA Financial Information System Vision and Strategy Initiative GSA Financial Management Software Systems Multiple Award Schedule USDA New Guaranteed Loan System USDA Dedicated Loan Origination/Servicing System Joint Financial Management Improvement Program Chapter Report AIMD

GAO reviewed whether the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Financial Information Systems Vision and Strategy (FISVIS) project will: (1) resolve major USDA financial system weaknesses; and (2) consolidate the separate USDA financial and mixed systems that perform similar functions, as well as reengineer USDA financial processes.<p/>GAO found that: (1) the USDA Chief Financial Officer (CFO) has demonstrated strong leadership and progress in implementing the initial phase of the FISVIS project; (2) CFO has issued departmentwide financial management standards and has signed a contract for the central Foundation Financial Information System; (3) it is unclear when USDA financial and mixed systems will be brought into compliance with the new financial standards, since CFO does not have the authority or a mechanism to enforce compliance and will have to rely on the voluntary cooperation of the USDA component agencies; (4) although USDA is planning to give CFO greater responsibility and authority over its financial systems, the major component agencies will manage their own financial systems with limited CFO oversight; (5) CFO lacks a configuration management policy and version control process for the Foundation system software to lower costs and prevent duplication; (6) FISVIS does not address eliminating or consolidating the many USDA systems that perform similar functions and has not been revised to consider reengineering financial management processes on a departmentwide basis in light of the ongoing USDA reorganization; and (7) although USDA has not addressed all aspects of its financial management systems, it plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to redesign or replace many of its existing financial and mixed systems. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-222/html/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-222.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-222/pdf/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-222.pdf GAO/AIMD-95-222 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-222 Chapter Report GAO/AIMD-95-222; USDA Financial Systems: Additional Actions Needed to Resolve Major Problems; Financial management systems Agricultural programs Federal agency reorganization Internal controls Chief financial officers Systems architecture ADP procurement Systems compatibility USDA Financial Information System Vision and Strategy Initiative GSA Financial Management Software Systems Multiple Award Schedule USDA New Guaranteed Loan System USDA Dedicated Loan Origination/Servicing System Joint Financial Management Improvement Program Title 31 Section 720 31 U.S.C. 720