O VERVIEW O VERVIEW UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FISCAL YEAR 2013 BUDGET REQUEST BUDGET REQUEST February 2012 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (COMPTROLLER) / CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER [...]... 2012 (Public Law 112-81) provides the authority to prescribe certification and credential standards for the financial management community Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Comptroller (OUSD(C)), in consultation with the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (OUSD(P&R)) continues to implement several initiatives that consolidate... authorities similar to the CENTCOM JTSCC – Personnel • General/Flag Officers – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, Section 503 added billets for 5 Joint General/Flag Officers – For the first time DoD has 2 General/Flag Officers in key contracting positions in the CENTCOM area of responsibility: One heading JTSCC; the other as the Senior Contracting Official-Afghanistan – The Defense Contract... within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) to better monitor and provide assistance and within the Components to execute improvement plans To support achieving and sustaining the FIAR goals, the Department is making progress in modernizing its financial systems with the deployment of ERPs in the Military Departments and Defense Agencies Recognizing the importance of the ERPs, the. .. for the DoD financial management workforce It is designed to support the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) s goal to maintain a capable financial management workforce and will be used to close the gap between the competencies required by the financial management workforce and current capabilities The program is mandatory for the DoD financial management workforce and offers training and professional... for the Defense Department and private industry In support of this goal, the Department has increased training for the acquisition of services as well as for Contractor Officer Representatives, and has developed on-line tools to aid in the development of requirements Notable examples of training for the acquisition of services are the Defense Acquisition University Services Acquisition Workshops, the. .. service application The program provides an aircraft to meet the amphibious/vertical assault needs of the Marine Corps, the strike rescue needs of the Navy, and supplements the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) special mission aircraft The aircraft is capable of flying 2,100 miles with one refueling and gives the Services the advantages of a Vertical/Short Takeoff Landing (V/STOL) aircraft... Agencies and Office of the Secretary of Defense staff will be able to achieve as a result of better business practices, and organizational streamlining These initiatives help ensure the Department can preserve funding for the force structure and modernization needed to support the critical missions of the Joint Force: CHAPTER 3 MORE DISCIPLINED USE OF RESOURCES 3-1 Overview – FY 2013 Defense Budget... the Secretary directed the Department to: • Achieve audit readiness of the Statement of Budgetary Resources (SBR) for general funds by the end of CY 2014 • Increase emphasis on accountability of assets • Execute a full review of the Department’s financial controls over the next 2 years and establish interim goals against which to assess progress • Ensure mandatory training for audit and other key financial. .. to strengthen the quality, readiness and performance results of the acquisition workforce The requested FY 2013 appropriation of $274.2 million for the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund is critical to following through on the improvement strategy Ultimately, it is the quality of the workforce that determines the quality of our acquisition outcomes CHAPTER 3 MORE DISCIPLINED USE OF RESOURCES... agencies in order to ensure that the contracts the Department enters into are priced fairly, and that the Department and the taxpayer do in fact receive agreed upon products and services Three agencies provide these services: (1) the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA); (2) the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA); and (3) the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) Both the DCAA and DCMA consolidated . STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FISCAL YEAR 2013 BUDGET REQUEST BUDGET REQUEST February 2012 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (COMPTROLLER) / CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER