17 Jul 4999 has been distributed. Make sure everyone looks over this change regarding policies and procedures. Remember, when studying for the SWE, use directives and publications that have all current changes incorporated . It's 1500 on a Thursday afternoon and the phone rings in the XO's office. The Department of Transportation Inspector General Audit Team will arrive at 0800 on Monday morning to validate compliance with the CFO requirements.
Logistics management encompasses the right people and things at the right time and place.
Accurate inventories contribute to this mission readiness posture. We are not in this effort to be bookkeepers, but rather to ensure that the Coast Guard is capable of performing its critical missions. Coast Guard assets are wide spread and each unit provides the raw data that builds these financial statements. G-CFM and the Finance Center have started using software called Oracle Financials that gathers the data and assist in the preparation of the reports. These systems feed into the data collection process to quantify Coast Guard assets.