The Department of the Treasury serves to promote economic prosperity and ensure the financial security of the United States. The Department is responsible for a wide range of activities such as advising the President on economic and financial issues, encouraging sustainable economic growth, and fostering improved governance in financial institutions. The Department of the Treasury also operates and maintains systems that are critical to the nation's financial infrastructure, such as the production of coin and currency, the disbursement of payments to the American public, revenue collection, and the borrowing of funds necessary to run the federal government. The Department’s $312.2 billion in net cost of operations for fiscal year 2010 ensured the operation of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, United States Mint, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and Internal Revenue Service amongst many other organizations. Like other agencies, it is committed to pursuing this important mission while managing its finances effectively, which includes ensuring its payments are accurate, using only property it needs, and accounting for its finances properly.