2008 Annual Report - West Virginia Army National Guard - U.S. Army

West Virginia National Guard Annual Report 2008
for transportation for units mobilizing as well as
installing the Supported Combat Service Support
Automatic Management Office (CSSAMO) in
conversion of Standard
Army Maintenance
System Enhanced
(SAMS E) computer
system for Field Maintenance
Shops. West
Virginia’s DPI was one
of nine states to participate
in DPI manpower
study for the National
Guard Bureau. DPI
also completed a fiber
network connection to
the Weston Armory for
the 601st Signal Company.
The Internal Review Division is an independent
appraisal activity supporting the Adjutant General
and the United States Property and Fiscal
Officer. The Division provided a full range
of internal review services to both the Air and
Army National Guard, to include full scope
audits, special reviews, consultation services and
external liaison functions. The office functioned
as an integral component of The Adjutant General’s
management control system and strived to
assist senior managers in the effective discharge
of their stewardship responsibilities.
The Purchasing and Contracting Division supports
West Virginia Army and Air National
Guard units. During 2008, West Virginia
awarded over $86.5 million worth of contracts,
while the average dollar award for other states is
only $32.8 million.
This equates
to almost three
times what other
states awarded.
The division has
been heavily
involved in the
Martinsburg-based
167th Airlift Wing
conversion to C-5
Galaxy aircraft.
Even with the
extra workload
of the C-5 conversion, the Contracting Division
received no findings during the First Army Division
East Inspector General inspection.
The Grants Officer Representative (GOR)
manages and overseas the execution of federal
assistance dollars to the State of West Virginia
through cooperative agreements and military
construction cooperative agreements. The State
of West Virginia has a total of 18 Air and
Army Guard cooperative agreements with
more than $38 million of federal assistance
dollars through cooperative agreements
and seven new military construction
agreements totaling nearly $119 million
for fiscal year 2008.
The GOR also assists and manages all
inter-service support agreements, memorandums
of agreements and memorandums
of understanding for programs like
the Humvee program at Eleanor and Point
Pleasant, W.Va.
The USPFO-WV continues to make it a priority
to support the soldiers and airmen of the West
Virginia National Guard so its members and
units are fully equipped and financially prepared
to perform their assigned wartime or state mission.
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