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JFMIP Mission

The Joint Financial Management and Improvement Program (JFMIP) Principals conduct a program for the continuous improvement of federal financial management and to act as a catalyst for the sharing and exchange of information to promote operational effectiveness and efficiency, professional development, and data-driven decision-making.

Background

The Joint Financial Management and Improvement Program (JFMIP) is a cooperative venture between the Department of Treasury, the Office of Management and Budget, the Office of Personal Management, and the U.S. Government Accountability Office. It was initiated in 1948 and was given statutory authorization in the Budget and Accounting Act of 1950 (31 USC 65 as amended).

The Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 1950, established a cooperative undertaking which required the Department of Treasury, the General Accounting Office (now the Government Accountability Office) and the Bureau of the Budget (now the Office of Management and Budget) to work together to improve financial practices in the federal government. The organization was originally referred to as the Joint Program for Improving Accounting in the Federal Government. In 1959, it became the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP). In 1966, the Civil Service Division (now the Office of Personal Management) was added to the JFMIP organization to provide expertise in personnel matters. JFMIP has been and continues to be a program that promotes the development, modernization, and use of improved financial management practices across the federal government.

Leadership and program guidance are provided by the four Principals of the JFMIP, who are the:

  • Comptroller General of the United States
  • Secretary of the Treasury
  • Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
  • Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

JFMIP currently has a Planning committee that plans meetings for the principals, the annual conference, and webinar events. The committee meets at least monthly and consists of members from all four principal organizations.

Events

JFMIP sponsors an annual conference and periodic webinar events. These events provide the federal financial management community with relevant and timely information in topics such as government accounting, internal controls, and cybersecurity delivered by the top leaders in government. They also provide a forum for those in the federal financial management community to learn about current issues, exchange knowledge, and share experiences in improving financial management operations and policies. Suggestions for topics, speakers, and volunteers related to for JFMIP events can be provided to JFMIP@fiscal.treasury.gov. Below is a listing of upcoming JFMIP events.

Upcoming events:
  • April 7, 2021 from 10:30 - 12:00 PM Principals Meeting (Closed - Invitation Only)

JFMIP Archive

  • Budget Accounting Procedures Act
  • Budget Accounting Procedures Act II
  • JFMIP Overview and History
  • Previous JFMIP Conferences
  • Previous JFMIP Webinars

    • Presentations from the 2020 JFMIP

    Principals Roundtable and Scantlebury Award

    The JFMIP Principals work in cooperation with each other and with operating agencies to improve and coordinate financial management policies and practices throughout the government. In this session, the Principals or their representatives will discuss with the audience important federal financial management topics. The panelists include Gene Dodaro, Comptroller of the United States, Dave Lebryk, Fiscal Assistant Secretary of the Department of Treasury, Patrick Corrigan, Senior Advisor at the Office of Management and Budget, and Beryl Davis, Director at the Government Accountability Office. This session also includes the presentation of the 2020 Scantlebury Award.

    Speakers: Gene Dodaro, Dave Lebryk, Patrick Corrigan, Beryl Davis

    View slides from this presentation

    CFO Act at 30

    The world around us is constantly evolving. Technological advances are changing the way that governments and the world approach day to day life and conduct business. The recent pandemic has highlighted the importance of living and working remotely and nimbly. The federal workforce must be able to quickly adapt and learn new skills in order to fully leverage the opportunities and face the challenges that our rapidly changing world presents. This session will feature leaders from across the federal government to explore initiatives that are underway to prepare the federal workforce for this exciting and challenging time.

    Speakers: Dave Lebryk, Tim Gribben, Irv Dennis, Dawn Simpson

    View slides from this presentation

    Innovation in the Federal Government

    This interactive session will explore how advanced technologies such as AI, data analytics, and distributed ledger/blockchain deployed today across the federal government are transforming the future of federal financial management and the accountability community in general. We hope you can join us for this informative discussion, moderated by GAO’s Chief Scientist, with GAO’s Chief Data Scientist and technology financial leaders from several federal agencies.

    Speakers: Dr. Tim Persons, Amy Edwards, Caryl Brzymialkiewicz, Renata Miskell, Taka Ariga

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    Evolving and Adapting the Federal Workplace

    The world around us is constantly evolving. Technological advances are changing the way that governments and the world approach day to day life and conduct business. The recent pandemic has highlighted the importance of living and working remotely and nimbly. The federal workforce must be able to quickly adapt and learn new skills in order to fully leverage the opportunities and face the challenges that our rapidly changing world presents. This session will feature leaders from across the federal government to explore initiatives that are underway to prepare the federal workforce for this exciting and challenging time.

    Speakers: Mike Wetklow, Stephen Kunze, Ben Ficks, Eric Popiel

    View slides from this presentation

THE DONALD L. SCANTLEBURY MEMORIAL AWARD

FOR DISTINGUISHED LEADERSHIP IN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT

The Joint Financial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP) of the federal government is a cooperative undertaking for the Department of the Treasury, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). The JFMIP Principals are the Secretary of the Treasury; the Comptroller General of the United States; the OMB Director; and the Director of OPM. The JFMIP Principals work in cooperation with each other and with operating agencies to improve and coordinate financial management policies and practices throughout the government.

Since 1971, the JFMIP Principals have sponsored an annual award program directed to excellence in financial management. The award was established to recognize senior financial management executives who, through outstanding and continuous leadership in financial management, have been principally responsible for significant economies, efficiencies and improvements in the government. In 1981, the award was designated as the Donald L. Scantlebury Memorial Award in honor of the Chief Accountant of the GAO and the chairman of the JFMIP Steering Committee.

AWARDS PRESENTATION

The JFMIP Principals will present the awards at the JFMIP Federal Financial Management Conference/Webinar Event.

ELIGIBILITY

All government employees who are senior executives and have demonstrated outstanding distinguished leadership resulting in effective financial management improvements over the years are eligible to be nominated. Nominees from small entities with fewer than 1,300 full-time employees will receive every consideration provided they meet the selection criteria. Previous nominees may be nominated provided they meet the other provisions of this announcement. The nomination should be updated to include the latest achievements of the nominee.

SELECTION CRITERIA

The Awards Committee will base its determinations on two factors: sustained leadership in financial management and specific accomplishments in financial management. For purposes of this award, the term financial management has been interpreted to include, but is not limited to, the following areas: accounting, auditing, information technology, budgeting, asset management, control and allocation of resources, cost reduction, financial analysis, financial systems development, management analysis, planning, productivity measurement and improvements, and financial and performance reporting.

The Awards Committee will give substantial weight to sustained, high-quality leadership in financial management over the years considering:

  1. Long-term or lasting benefit of the nominee’s accomplishments and/or exemplary leadership on the efficiency, effectiveness, and economy of government operations.
  2. Measurable improvements in financial management technology or methodology resulting from the nominee’s accomplishments.
  3. Innovation of the nominee’s accomplishments.
  4. The impact of the nominee’s accomplishments on government financial management policies and practices.
  5. The impact of the nominee’s accomplishments on his or her agency’s financial management as a result of improving human capital management.
  6. The extent to which the improvements would have been impossible or significantly lessened without the nominee’s involvement.

The Awards Committee will also consider a series of specific accomplishments for which the nominee is primarily responsible and where the results can be measured specifically in terms of improvement in service, substantial savings, or significant technological progress adaptable to a wide range of government financial management operations.

NOMINATION PROCEDURES

Each nomination must include a copy of the nomination form below, a short biographical sketch of the nominee, and a statement of justification for the award. Including the nomination form, the nomination package must not exceed five (5) pages. Submissions must be in English and must be received on or before the closing date to be eligible for consideration. Any nominations received after the closing date will not be considered. For further information, contact Dean Carpenter, (202) 512-5188, or by email to ScantleburyAward@gao.gov.

Agencies are encouraged to use incentive awards program channels for solicitation and selection of nominees. No more than three nominations should be submitted from the head of your agency.

Closing date for nominations: October 15, 2021

Email your nomination to ScantleburyAward@gao.gov.

Link to Nomination Form

PAST RECIPIENTS OF THE DONALD L. SCANTLEBURY MEMORIAL AWARD

2019
Mark E. Easton, Deputy Chief Financial Officer - Department of Defense

Irving L. Dennis, Chief Financial Officer - Department of Housing and Urban Development

2018
Kimberly McCoy, Commissioner - Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Department of the Treasury

Wendy Payne, Executive Director - Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board

2017
Gary Engel, Former Managing Director, Financial Management and Assurance - U.S. Government Accountability Office

2016
Chip Fulghum, Deputy Under Secretary for Management - Department of Homeland Security

Mark Reger, Deputy Controller - Office of Management and Budget

2015
Brett Baker, Assistant Inspector General for Audit - National Science Foundation

2014
Tom Allen, Chairman - Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board

2013
Robert F. Hale, Under Secretary of Defense - Department of Defense

Danny Werfel, Former Controller - Office of Management and Budget

2012
Steven Schaeffer, Assistant Inspector General for Audit - Social Security Administration

2011
Peggy Sherry, Chief Financial Officer - Department of Homeland Security

2010
Earl Devaney, Chairman - Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board

Steve Isakowitz, Chief Financial Officer - Department of Energy

2009
Sheila Conley, Deputy Assistant Secretary & Deputy Chief Financial Officer - Department of Health and Human Services

2008
Kathleen Turco, Chief Financial Officer - General Services Administration

2007
D. James Sturgill, Assistant Commissioner, Governmentwide Accounting - Financial Management Service, Department of the Treasury

2006
Thomas Cooley, Chief Financial Officer - National Science Foundation

James Martin, Deputy Chief Financial Officer - Department of Housing and Urban Development

2005
Patricia Healy, Deputy Chief Financial Officer - Department of Agriculture

Samuel Mok, Chief Financial Officer - Department of Labor

2004
Donald Hammond, Fiscal Assistant Secretary - Department of the Treasury

James Taylor, Deputy Chief Financial Officer - Department of Commerce

John Webster, Chief Financial Officer - Library of Congress

2003
Mark Carney, Deputy Chief Financial Officer - Department of Education

Jesse Funches, Chief Financial Officer - Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Barbara Hafer, Treasurer - Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

2002
Dale Sopper, Deputy Commissioner for Finance, Assessment, and Management and Chief Financial Officer - Social Security Administration

Carole Stone, Budget Director - State of New York

Got Comments or Questions?

Do you have questions about the JFMIP, suggestions on how it could be improved, or do you want to volunteer in supporting its initiatives? Send an email to JFMIP@fiscal.treasury.gov

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