CFO - Enterprise Cost Accounting System (ECAS)
Investment ID: 027-000000189
Overview
Program Title
CFO - Enterprise Cost Accounting System (ECAS)
Description
The Enterprise Cost Accounting System (ECAS) is an agency wide cost accounting program that captures the full cost of organizational services, including both labor and non-labor expenses, to activities which informs OPM organizations on how to make strategic business decisions based on the information provided from the system.
Type of Program
Non-major IT Investments
Multi-Agency Category
Financial Management
Associated Websites
Not Applicable
Investment Detail
By providing standardized metrics through ECAS, OPM can continue garner the benefit of data driven decision making as part of routine business practices. More specific examples are: 1) ECAS supports calculating full cost to produce certain external facing services that OPM provides, as such OPM can exercise accurate pricing. 2) ECAS supports analyzing Common Services consumption across the programs within the agency.