THE INDUSTRIAL BASE
Fully fielded in 2012, GFEBS improves internal controls by providing full cost reporting of the various operating agen- cies for the proper use and control of their budgets. In addition, GFEBS accommo- dates emerging requirements, including improved funds balance with the U.S. Treasury. It has simplified processes of the financial community by sunsetting legacy systems, and has improved integration of financial data across DOD. GFEBS is a project management office within the Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS).
WELCOME ABOARD, NAVY With the Army’s transition to GFEBS now complete, it was time to bring the Navy on board. In late 2018, Vice Adm. C. Forrest Faison III, the Navy surgeon general, mandated that Navy Medicine transition from its Standard Account- ing and Reporting System – Field Level (STARS-FL), a “noncompliant legacy accounting system,” to GFEBS.
The Defense Health Agency had the mission to consolidate all military health systems into one systemwide accounting solution so as to meet the requirements for financial auditability and comply with other DOD initiatives and report- ing requirements.
The Navy’s Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) and the Army’s GFEBS portfolio managers quickly forged a strategic alliance to navigate away from STARS-FL and over to the GFEBS platform.
“Our original schedule took us out to the summer of 2021,” said Maj. Lloyd Alaim- alo, the assistant product manager of GFEBS who serves as the project lead for BUMED. “Once underway, the mission objective was accelerated to complete the
SAFE HARBOR FOR SAILORS
The Naval Health Clinic Annapolis, which went live on the GFEBS platform on Jan. 1, 2020, provides medical services to the United States Naval Academy as well as active- duty Sailors and their families in the area. (Photo by the author)
transition to GFEBS prior to the start of the government’s fiscal year 2021.”
Navy BUMED has an enormous global footprint, loaded with geographic and logistical challenges. Trow in an accel- erated timeline—then amplify that with a global pandemic—and software conversion becomes a much harder pill to swallow, even for Navy Medicine.
MAKING WAVES IBM’s Federal Government Sector team offered an innovative solution as an indus- try partner to the GFEBS program. Te BUMED deployment was broken down into four geographical waves, starting on
the East Coast of the United States in Wave 1, and moving incrementally across the globe. Te BUMED conversion to GFEBS would take place in multiple waves, ultimately fielding to more than 1,100 users at 36 separate military treat- ment facilities.
According to Tom Kennedy, BUMED project manager on the IBM Army GFEBS program, IBM’s key role was to lead the organizational change manage- ment to make the transition a success. “Our mission was to transition BUMED from STARS-FL to GFEBS on sched- ule, giving them the knowledge and skills necessary to perform their daily duties.”
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