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The 3rd update to the Core Financial System Require. document, first issued Jan. 1988 by the Joint Financial Mgmt. Improve. Program, a joint & cooperative undertaking of several Federal government agencies to improve financial management practices in government. This update reflects changes in laws & reg's., such as the Debt Collection Improvement Act, & also adds requirements for two functions, Budget Execution & Working Capital/Revolving Fund. Also, some of the existing requirements have been clarified. These requirements remain the basis for the Fed. gov't. to test compliance of commercially based, core financial software. Charts & tables.

JFMIP-SR-99-4, Core Financial System Requirements

The Fed. Financial Mgt. Improvement Act (FFMIA) of 1996 requires, among other things, that agencies implement and maintain mgt. systems that substantially comply with fed. financial mgt. systems requirements. To assist in reviews of financial mgt. systems under the requirements of FFMIA, the author issued 3 checklists concurrently as practice aids. This checklist reflects the Joint Financial Mgt. Improvement Program¿s ¿Core Financial System Requirements.¿ The purpose of this guide is to provide a checklist to assist: (1) agencies in implementing and monitoring their core system; and (2) mgmt. and auditors in reviewing the systems to determine if the core system is in substantial compliance with FFMIA.