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 2008-04-16 monographic deposited born digital 56 p. GA 1.13:GAO-08-447SP https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-447SP P0b002ee18038eec9 f:d08447sp DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-447SP machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-447SP GAO-08-447SP Accountability Budget activities Cost analysis Data integrity Federal agencies Financial analysis Financial institutions Financial management Financial management systems Knowledge, skills and abilities Lessons learned Performance measures Reporting requirements Strategic information systems planning Strategic planning Systems analysis Systems design Systems evaluation Systems integrity Systems management CG Forum Other Written Product A81708 Since the enactment of key financial management reforms, such as the Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Act of 1990 and the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996 (FFMIA), the federal government has devoted significant resources to improving financial management activities and practices. At the same time, continuing attention is needed to address persistent, long-standing accountability problems and to redefine success for federal financial management. Successfully implementing financial management systems has been a particular challenge to the federal government. Many agency financial management systems do not routinely produce the accurate, timely, and meaningful information needed for management decision making. This forum brought together knowledgeable and recognized financial management leaders from the federal government, including the CFO, Chief Information Officer, and Inspector General communities, and selected other officials with extensive experience in financial management from both the public and private sectors. The forum addressed (1) the future of federal financial management, (2) applying lessons learned from federal financial management system implementations, and (3) strategies for transforming federal financial management culture. These highlights do not necessarily represent the views of the organizations that the participants represent, including GAO. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-447SP/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-447SP.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-447SP/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-447SP.pdf GAO-08-447SP https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-447SP Other Written Product GAO-08-447SP; Highlights of a Forum Convened by the Comptroller General of the United States: Improving the Federal Government's Financial Management Systems; Accountability Budget activities Cost analysis Data integrity Federal agencies Financial analysis Financial institutions Financial management Financial management systems Knowledge, skills and abilities Lessons learned Performance measures Reporting requirements Strategic information systems planning Strategic planning Systems analysis Systems design Systems evaluation Systems integrity Systems management CG Forum Volume 64 Page 835 64 Stat. 835