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Financial Management: Long-standing Financial Systems Weaknesses Present a Formidable Challenge

GAO-07-914 Published: Aug 03, 2007. Publicly Released: Aug 03, 2007.
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The Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996 (FFMIA) requires the 24 Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Act agencies to implement and maintain financial management systems that comply substantially with (1) federal financial management systems requirements, (2) federal accounting standards, and (3) the U.S. Government Standard General Ledger (SGL). FFMIA also requires GAO to report annually on the implementation of the act. This report, primarily based on GAO and inspectors general reports, discusses (1) the problems that continued to affect agencies systems' FFMIA compliance in fiscal year 2006 and (2) the initiatives under way to help move federal financial management toward FFMIA compliance.

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AccountabilityAccounting standardsFinancial managementFinancial management systemsFinancial recordsFinancial statement auditsFinancial statementsInternal controlsNoncomplianceRegulatory agenciesReporting requirements