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<CENTER><h1>Message from the Assistant Secretary of the Army (FM&C)</H1>

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As many of you know, considerable effort was expended over the past year in reviewing Army financial management as part of HQDA #D50000esign and related efforts.  The financial management resources at HQDA, however, represent only a small fraction of the financial management staff throughout the Army.  I have, therefore, recently initiated a more comprehensive review of the Army's financial management organization, processes and systems--a true top-to-bottom review of the Army financial management community. It will encompass all financial/resource management series, to include budget, management analysis, manpower, cost analysis and others.  The review began in December and will continue through May 1997.
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The Army is changing.  Technology is improving.  The size of the Army and our financial management workforce is shrinking.  Therefore, I believe now is the ideal time to review and reengineer the methods and procedures requi#D50000 to execute the overall financial management processes within the Army.  The effort will develop financial management reorganizing and reinventing changes which will enhance the institutional Army's ability to perform its Title 10 functions and to more effectively and efficiently support the operational Army's warfighting organizations into the 21st century.
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The approach will be to engage knowledgeable financial management professionals throughout the Army to review the "as is" processes and structures and to recommend improvements to the future "to be" processes.  We have contracted with Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc. to assist us in analyzing the current processes and recommending needed changes to improve the quality, timeliness and efficiency of financial management efforts at each level of the Army.  Booz-Allen representatives will be contacting many of you for your input and suggestions.  There will be #D50000esign offsite sessions held in the Washington DC area, and some of you will be invited to participate in one or more of the sessions.  I encourage you to be candid and to think "out of the box" when making your recommendations for the future.  Your good ideas for #D50000esigning our processes can have a profound impact on the outcome of this effort.
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I am committed to making this review of our community a success.  I ask you to be also.  This is a unique opportunity to improve the financial management function and to ensure that we have the workforce, structure, systems and processes needed to support the Army in the future.  I look forward to your support and assistance in defining the best possible financial management function for the future.
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<center><font size=5><B>Helen T. McCoy</B><BR>
<I>Assistant Secretary of the Army<BR>
(Financial Management and Comptroller)<I></Center></font>



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