Office of Financial Management
1849 C Street, N.W., MS 2557
Washington, D.C. 20240
Phone - (202) 208-4701
Fax - (202) 208-6940
Office of Financial Management Staff
The Office of Financial Management is composed of a Director (also the Deputy
Chief Financial Officer for the U.S. Department of the Interior), Associate
Director and six functional areas referred to as Focus Groups. This
organizational structure allows the Office to: (1) optimize internal control
environment effectiveness; (2) focus efforts to achieve the objectives of the
President’s Management Agenda and GPRA Strategic Goals; (3) establish
interdisciplinary teams to address strategic business management initiatives;
and (4) improve program effectiveness in financial management.
Director – Daniel L. Fletcher, 202-208-4701, room 2563-MIB
Associate Director – Michael Powers, 202-208-4701, room 2474-MIB
Administrative Assistant – Vacant, 202-208-4701, room 2560-MIB
The office uses this team or focus group approach to facilitate consensus and
ensure a high level of responsiveness to the needs of the Secretary, the
bureaus, and external agencies and organizations.
Significant areas of responsibility within the Office of Financial Management
include:
►
Financial and managerial accountability, including
establishing internal controls pursuant to OMB Circular A-123; producing timely
and accurate financial information needed to support operating budget and policy
decisions (i.e. Activity Based Costing / Management (ABC/M)); address
audit recommendations and material weaknesses; support the achievement of an
unqualified and timely audit opinion by the due date; develop and implement
strategies to reduce improper payments; and prevent Anti-deficiency Act
violations;
► Timely
Treasury submissions (i.e. FACTS II, IFCS); reconcile intra-departmental and
intra-governmental trading partner data (eliminations);
►
Successful implementation of the financial and Business Management System
(FBMS); and
►
Effectiveness of the Department’s Administrative
Partnerships including the CFO Council, Finance Officer’s Partnership and others
as necessary, and external stakeholder/customers including the Office of
Management and Budget and the Department of the Treasury.
The focus group responsibilities are:
Financial Management Systems - improving financial transaction processing and
enhancing financial management systems support through an effective partnership
of program, information system, and financial managers; supporting the
replacement and integration of Interior’s financial management systems (with
emphasis on the implementation of the Financial and Business Management System);
improving financial business processes to improve support to financial and
program managers; maximizing opportunities for utilizing electronic commerce and
other electronic data interchange applications to streamline operations; and
representing the Department of the Interior in the various activities associated
with the Governmentwide Financial Management Line of Business improvement
effort. (David Horn, 202-208-5542, room 2551-MIB)
Financial Management Reporting - preparing the Department's Annual
Performance and Accountability Report to communicate meaningful and high-level
performance and financial information to a broad audience; preparing and
submitting the Department's quarterly financial statements; preparing and
submitting the Department's annual financial statement closing package through
Treasury's Governmentwide Financial Reporting System (GFRS); participating in
Departmental and Governmentwide financial management committees to ensure that
Interior’s interests are considered and that innovative solutions are explored;
and, providing guidance, direction and feedback to bureau personnel to
facilitate the preparation of clear, timely, and meaningful financial reports.
(David Horn, 202-208-5542, room 2551-MIB)
Data Stewardship - coordinating, on a Departmentwide basis, critical
definitions for financial data necessary for reporting to OMB, the Department of
the Treasury, and for Departmentwide decision making and management; maintaining
a master set of definitions of Departmentwide data and related codes for use
throughout the Department and bureaus; and establishing feedback procedures on
data definition and usage to identify and resolve data definition issues
relating to bureau, Department, or Federal government user requirements.
Specific activities include participating in various Federal Accounting System
Advisory Board (FASAB) workgroups to ensure that the interests of Interior are
addressed; coordinating the reconciliation of intragovernmental transfers;
preparing the Heritage Assets and Stewardship Land reporting requirements for
the Consolidated PAR, implementing the Activity Based Costing module within the
Office of the Secretary; providing accounting reporting advise to the Finance
and Business Management System (FBMS) project; and coordinating responses to
other projects related to financial reporting issues as they arise. (David Horn, 202-208-5542, room 2551-MIB)
Internal Control and Audit Follow-up - ensuring compliance with the full
scope of FMFIA and OMB Circular A-123, and related appendices to include
performance and oversight of compliance testing; monitoring the Department's
audit follow-up program for internal audits, GAO reports, and single audits
through oversight of bureau and Departmental office actions to implement audit
recommendations and collect disallowed costs; and resolving disputed audit
findings and recommendations between bureaus, departmental offices, and the OIG.
(Mary Braun, 202-208-4703, room 2554-MIB)
Asset and Debt Management - developing, collecting, and analyzing
performance measures for critical asset and debt management functions of the
Department and making appropriate recommendations to management. This includes
pursuing new initiatives that will streamline travel related processes and
maximize the use of electronic media for communicating policies, processing
receipts and disbursements, and collecting financial performance data. (Mary
Braun, 202-208-4703, room 2554-MIB)
Departmental Offices/Office of the Secretary Finance Office - ensuring proper
financial management reporting for Departmental Offices; managing and
coordinating the Departmental Offices financial statement audit and correction
of findings; creating and implementing financial policies affecting Departmental
Offices; managing and coordinating the Departmental Offices Charge Card program;
and, serving as Bureau Lead and Change Management Lead for Departmental Offices
in the FBMS project. Departmental Offices is comprised of the following: Office
of the Secretary, Office of the Inspector General, Office of the Special
Trustee, Central Utah Project Completion Act, Office of the Solicitor, Utah
Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission, National Indian Gaming
Commission, Office of Insular Affairs, the National Business Center, and Natural
Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration program. (Brenda Rodriguez,
202-208-3425, room 2540-MIB)
Office of Financial Management
Staff
To contact a PFM staff member by email, please use the following email address convention:
{FirstName}_{MiddleInitial}_{LastName}@ios.doi.gov
Deputy Chief Financial Officer |
Director, Office of Financial Management |
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Name |
Phone |
Room |
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Daniel L. Fletcher |
208-5225 |
2563 |
|
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Associate Director, Office of Financial Management |
|
Name |
Phone |
Room |
|
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Michael Powers |
208-3439 |
2474 |
|
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Branch Chiefs |
|
Name |
Phone |
Room |
Focus Group Leader |
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Mary Braun |
208-4703 |
2554 |
Asset & Debt Management |
|
David Horn |
208-5542 |
2551 |
Data Stewardship, Financial Statements, and Systems |
|
Brenda Rodriguez |
208-3425 |
2540 |
OS/DO Financial Reporting |
|
Staff |
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Name |
Phone |
Room |
|
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Michael Anthony |
208-6824 |
2547 |
|
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Eric Eisenstein |
208-3417 |
2556 |
|
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Lynnell Green |
208-3127 |
2547 |
|
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Parker A. Hill |
513-0850 |
2549 |
|
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Jonathan House |
513-0708 |
2541 |
|
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Catherine Irani |
219-4096 |
2549 |
|
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Alexandra Lampros |
208-4427 |
2555 |
|
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Monica Taylor Lane |
219-0213 |
2548 |
|
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Jacqueline Lynch |
679-1183
|
ms-201 |
Reston - National Center
Office phone: 703-648-7680 |
|
Steve Mattingly |
208-5785 |
2542 |
|
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Donna McKethan |
208-5224 |
2542 |
|
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Mazie Murphy |
208-5813 |
2548 |
|
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Tammy Ross |
208-3308 |
2472 |
|
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Clarence Smith |
208-3253 |
2545 |
|
|
Deborah L. Smith |
208-3250 |
2555 |
|
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Dorothy Sugiyama |
208-3433 |
2546 |
|
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Nancy Thomas |
208-7954 |
2468 |
|
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Charles Washington |
513-0708 |
2541 |
|
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Derrick R. Washington |
208-5251 |
2470 |
|
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Diane Washington |
208-6225 |
2552 |
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Sheila Wilson |
208-7079 |
2541 |
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