BMSS Major Responsibilities

The Business Management and Systems Support Office (Dennis Bridge, 202-358-1294) has two major responsibilities:

• Formulation,justification, and execution of the Corporate Management and Operations budget, and
• Implementation and sustained support for new automated administrative systems and processes at NASA Headquarters.

These responsibilities are executed by two branches within the office:

• Budget Branch (Ruth Krat, 202-358-1706 ) and
• Business and Administrative Systems Branch (Roger Sachse, 202-358-0686).

The financial responsibilities of the Budget Branch involve preparation of budget guidelines, formats, and schedules to support various offices and functions within NASA Headquarters. These activities include the budget preparation work, identification and recommended resolution of issues, with follow through including allocation of funding to customer organizations to support procurements for required operational support either through commercial vendors or other NASA facilities. The budgets for Headquarters civil service salaries and benefits as well as travel and other related personnel costs are prepared and executed within this office.

The systems responsibilities of the Business and Administrative Systems Branch begin with the implementation of the new systems, including the configuration and training aspects, as well as the operations support of the systems and related processes. On-going training, reports development, trouble shooting, and help desk operations are provided for Headquarters end-users. Communications within the Headquarters workforce are provided to keep the employees informed of new systems implementations, systems and process changes, and training opportunities. Systems currently supported are WebTADS time and attendance, Core Financial, Travel Manager, Business Warehouse, Competency Management System, and the Human Capital Information Environment. In addition, the HQ travel office for center-wide processing of travel orders and maintenance of the automated Travel Manager system is in this branch.