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Office for Information Resources

Technology Financial Management

Current Organizational Leader:
Joe Werner
Our Primary Mission:
To provide sound financial management, and accurate and timely cost analyses for the Office for Information Resources (OIR) while providing outstanding services to our customers at fair and equitable rates.
Primary Objectives to Serve the Customer:
  • Provide accurate and timely information to make sound business decisions based on data.
  • Ensure that timely, detailed cost justification exists for all rates charged by OIR
  • Ensure all costs and revenues are appropriately classified in STARS.
  • Monitor OIR expenditures to ensure that funds are expended wisely and judiciously and consistent with OIR’s budget
  • Provide accurate OIR billing projections to agencies in determining their budgetary needs .
  • Construct an annual budget that provides OIR the resources it needs to provide quality service to its customers.
  • Bill services timely.
Specific Targets for Improvement or Achievement:
  • Modify the current cost allocation accounting structure to accurately reflect the services provided under the new OIR re-organization.
  • Analyze the current rate structure, and where appropriate, make recommendations directed at improving direct and indirect cost recovery.
  • Increase management involvement in the Budget Process.
  • Increase customer knowledge of OIR rates and the rate setting process.
  • Increase to OIR Management the availability of budget and accounting information
  • Increase awareness throughout OIR of the importance of cost recovery and billing.
  • Examine the feasibility of simplifying OIR’s accounting, billing and rate structures.

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