Department of the Navy Converged Enterprise Resource Planning Program: the United States Navy gets down to the business of doing business using a bold and radical initiative called the Navy ERP.

From: Armed Forces Comptroller | Date: September 22, 2005| Author: Veit, Beverly | Copyright information

Over the past three decades, a steady stream of legislation has directed federal agencies to improve their financial management operations, systems, performance, and internal controls. Consistent with one of these laws--the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990--the Secretary of Defense is actively pursuing a clean audit opinion on Department of Defense (DoD)--wide financial statements. The Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller) is working closely wit...

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