ANNUAL PERFORMANCE GOAL 5 — Integrated Budgeting, Planning and Performance Management; Effective Financial Management;
and Demonstrated Financial Accountability.
I/P: Improved Financial Performance
INDICATOR: Percentage of Overseas Budget Processed by Direct Connect
Output
JUSTIFICATION: This indicator directly tracks the use of integrated financial management systems to account for the overseas budget.
FY 2006 PERFORMANCE
Target
Increase percentage of the total overseas budget processed by Direct Connect (i.e., on-line) posts to at least 66%. This represents an increase of total posts using Direct Connect from 29 to 50 posts.
Results
The number of posts using Direct Connect as of 9/30/06 was 58, which represents 60% of the overseas budget dollars.
Rating
On Target
Impact
Implementation of Direct Connect advances the Department’s objective to have integrated global financial systems that support strategic decision making, mission performance, and improved accountability.
PERFORMANCE DATA
Data Source
Department of State reports maintained by the Office of the Deputy Chief Financial Officer.
Data Quality
(Verification)
The data quality is considered to be excellent. The Charleston Financial Center provides the training and implementation for the application and tracks the data submission method and dollars for each post.
PAST PERFORMANCE
2005
At the end of FY 2005, 29 posts were using Direct Connect, representing 45% of the overseas budget.
2004
The Department exceeded its target with 22 posts on Direct Connect representing 41% of the overseas budget.
2003
As a preliminary step, all overseas posts converted to the Regional Financial Management System.
