OCFO leads the way to fiscally
sound, cost effective program delivery, supported by reliable financial
management information and infrastructure.
Guiding
Principles
Financial Management Accountability
and Integrity - As Federal stewards, we are committed to managing
all of our programs through a system of internal control. We take
responsibility for our actions and work to leverage limited resources
to deliver greatest value per tax dollar.
Excellence - We are a proactive organization that establishes and
achieves meaningful goals, measures performance, and communicates
results. We value individual excellence and collective success. We
serve as the focal point for USDA financial management, embracing
opportunities for change and improvement while being accurate and
timely with our work.
Customer Focus - We value and maintain strong partnerships in achieving
our goals. We reach out and listen to our customers to ensure that
we are informed about their unique requirements, and they are informed
about our capabilities as service providers. We are a customer-focused
team, actively developing and providing products and services to meet
customer requirements.
Workforce - We respect and value a highly skilled, enthusiastic, motivated,
service-oriented and diverse workforce. We encourage innovation and
risk taking. We invest in continuing professional development for
all employees to ensure a technically competent and knowledgeable
workforce.
Challenges and Opportunities
Leverage resources to accomplish
the mission. This may require analyzing and/or re-engineering business
processes; improving support systems and infrastructure; and utilizing
interdisciplinary approaches and shared resources.
Address changing expectations from the Congress, the administration,
customers, and stakeholders.
Respond to changing Government-wide requirements/priorities.
Manage the information explosion by making
financial information more useful and usable.
Maintain high quality customer service while keeping pace with technological
change. This also requires determining how to better serve customers
who might have unequal access to, and limited knowledge of, computers,
and fostering creativity and innovation in customer service.
Mission
The OCFO will shape an environment
in which USDA officials have and use high quality financial and performance
information to make and implement effective policy, management, stewardship,
and program decisions.
Strategic Goals
1-Promote sound financial management
through leadership, policy and oversight.
2-Implement and maintain an infrastructure to provide management with
on-line real time financial management information necessary for sound
decision making.
3-Provide superior cross-servicing for financial and administrative
services to USDA and other Federal Government agencies.
