unclassified - Air Force Financial Management & Comptroller

BUDGET ITEM JUSTIFICATION (EXHIBIT P-40)
UNCLASSIFIED
DATE:
FEBRUARY 2002
APPROP CODE/BA:
OPAF/ELECTRONICS & TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
P-1 NOMENCLATURE:
GENERAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
Description (continued):
USAF personnel will also receive centralized services such as business-quality electronic mail and network management through programs such
as the Network File Sharing System. Other investments include World Wide Web services, remote computing services, and video
teleconferencing.
2. HEADQUARTERS MAINFRAME SYSTEM SUPPORT: Numerous ADPE upgrades will be accomplished with FY01-03 funding.
Magnetic tape systems will be upgraded to meet increasing data storage requirements and enhance the read/write capability and archival storage
capacity. FY01-03 funding also addresses mainframe communications equipment upgrades in order to maintain computer system and network
interface compatibility and provide ADPE technology user enhancements. Mainframe hardware upgrades meet required ADP technology
enhancements for customers and maintain operating system and application software compatibility. Upgrades to open systems architecture meet
mandated ADP enhancements and improve system performance capabilities. Computer operations equipment (hardware/software) will be
updated to improve management of multiple ADP functions, and print output media systems will be enhanced to improve operational
throughput capacity.
3. NATIONAL MILITARY COMMAND CENTER (NMCC): No FY03 funding requested.
4. TRANSPORTATION COORDINATORS-AUTOMATED INFORMATION FOR MOVEMENT SYSTEM II (TC-AIMS II): No FY03
funding requested.
5. FINANCIAL INFORMATION RESOURCE SYSTEM (FIRST): FY03 funds will procure hardware for deployment of the FIRST
application, an effort aimed at providing an integrated, modern, seamless financial management system that enables authorized users from Air
Staff to base level to plan, program, and execute their budgets. FIRST is ultimately envisioned to be the foundation for the AF’s Planning,
Programming and Budgeting System (PPBS). The system, which will be developed using the spiral development approach and integrated onto
the GCSS-AF architecture, includes five increments: Acquire Accounting, Budget Formulation, Funds Management, Budget Execution, and
Cost Modeling.
AIR COMBAT COMMAND (ACC)
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