International Cooperative Administrative Support Services (ICASS)
Investment ID: 014-000000056
Overview
Program Title
International Cooperative Administrative Support Services (ICASS)
Agency
Description
The International Cooperative Administrative Support Services (ICASS) system is the means by which the Department of State (DoS) and USAID share the cost of administrative support at US embassies/missions with other US Government agencies.
Type of Program
Non-major IT Investments
Multi-Agency Category
Not Applicable
Investment Detail
ICASS 4.0 is the principal means by which the U.S. Government provides and shares the cost of common administrative services at its diplomatic and consular posts overseas. ICASS 4.0 is a budgeting and cost distribution software system. The system is comprised of modules which support the budgeting processes used at the ICASS Service Center (ISC), State Service Providers (Post), Financial Service Centers (FSC used by CGFS/GFS), and Alternate Service Providers (ASP used by USAID). The system supports the policies and procedures to equitably distribute the costs of shared administrative services to all participating (customer) agencies in ICASS 4.0.