Commerce Administrative Management System (CAMS) Program Management Plan (PMP)

2    Systems Overview

In accordance with the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP) and OMB Circular A-127, every Federal agency is responsible for establishing and maintaining a single, integrated financial management system. “Integrated” means the user is able to have one view into the system, at any given user access level, and may obtain needed information efficiently and effectively through electronic means. Integrated does not necessarily imply that all information is physically located in the same database. Agency financial management systems are information systems that track financial events and summarize information to support the mission of the agency, support agency policy decisions to carry out fiduciary responsibilities and support the preparation of auditable financial statements. Financial management systems are comprised of:

• Core financial systems (CFS),
• Other financial and mixed systems,
• Shared systems, and
• Executive informative systems (e.g., Data Warehouse and NIST CAMS Portal).

These systems must be linked together electronically for effectiveness and efficiency. Summary data transfers must be provided from agency feeder systems to central systems to permit summaries of management information and against Government-wide indicators. The following illustration (figure 2.1) depicts the JFMIP view of a tightly integrated financial management system, with the CFS being the center.

Figure 2.1 - JFMIP Integrated Financial Management System Illustration

The CAMS Implementation for NIST, NTIA and TA will be comprised of CFS and two integrated modules, NFC Labor and the Commerce Purchase Card System (CPCS) (Bank Card). The Core CAMS includes those systems and interfaces maintained by the DOC CAMS Support Center. Other functionality depicted in the illustration and in operation at NIST, such as the property management system, will be integrated with CFS through manual processing, and/or interfaces.

Section 3.0 provides an “As-is” picture (figure 3.1) and describes key systems or processes within the current NIST financial management system allowing for a baseline comparison to the JFMIP mandated CAMS. The remaining sub-sections describe the “To-be” picture at NIST (figure 4.1), including: the different modules comprising CFS, current NIST systems most likely to be interfaced with CFS, the types of interfaces planned, and the architecture needed to support CAMS.

The CAMS Implementation Team will continue to develop and revise the “To-be” picture, mapping current NIST financial management system functionality to CAMS.The CAMS “To-be” picture may change as more system details and requirements are gathered over the next several months; this document will be updated quarterly to reflect those changes.