United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2003-10-20 monographic deposited born digital 11 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-149R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-149R P0b002ee180380d36 f:d04149r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-149R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-149R GAO-04-149R Federal regulations Human resources utilization Military pay Military systems analysis Noncompliance Program evaluation Strategic planning Payroll systems Systems design Schedule slippages DOD Forward Compatible Military Pay System Correspondence A08742

In early January 2003, we initiated a review of the Defense Integrated Military Human Resource System (DIMHRS) to get an understanding of the program, its goals, its present status, and the problems it is designed to resolve. During this review, we became aware that in April 2003 the Department of Defense (DOD) authorized the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) to initiate a pilot project to demonstrate its ability to develop an interim military pay system, called Forward Compatible Military Pay, before DIMHRS is fully operational. DFAS maintains that an interim system should be developed as soon as possible for two reasons: (1) the planned personnel and pay system that DOD is currently developing as part of the larger DIMHRS will be implemented later than its projected target date of December 2006 and (2) the current military pay system--the Defense Joint Military Pay System--is aging, unresponsive, and fragile and has become a major impediment to efficient and high quality customer service. It is estimated that the Forward Compatible Military Pay system could be operational by March 2006 at a design and development cost ranging from about $17 million to $30 million. Since the planned interim Forward Compatible Military Pay system is considered an information technology acquisition program under DOD Acquisition Regulations, DFAS must comply with specific legal and administrative requirements before moving forward with the development of this project. In this regard, DFAS must comply with requirements contained in the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) Memorandum, and the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-149R/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-149R.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-149R/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-149R.pdf GAO-04-149R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-149R Correspondence GAO-04-149R; Military Personnel: DFAS Has Not Met All Information Technology Requirements for Its New Pay System; Federal regulations Human resources utilization Military pay Military systems analysis Noncompliance Program evaluation Strategic planning Payroll systems Systems design Schedule slippages DOD Forward Compatible Military Pay System Title 31 Section 720 31 U.S.C. 720 Public Law 104-106 Public Law 104-208 Public Law 107-314