Monday, February 11, 2019
What is it?
The Command Accountability and Execution Review (CAER) Program is the U.S. Army’s premier fiscal stewardship program. CAER provides commanders visibility of the command fiscal health that did not exist prior to the implementation of this program. It holds leaders, at every echelon, responsible and accountable for stewardship of the tax dollars they receive and provides them with the tools to be successful.
CAER focuses on three areas of financial management:
What are the current and past efforts of the Army?
In the past two decades, fiscal stewardship efforts have lacked process standardization, tools, and training required to be successful. To address this vulnerability, on Dec. 14, 2017, the Secretary of the Army directed the establishment of CAER to maximize the Army’s purchasing power, requiring active management of Operations and Management (O&M) funds by leaders and to decrease the number of de-obligations.
The CAER program relies heavily on leadership involvement with detailed reviews at three echelons: Command, Headquarters, Department of the Army (HQDA), and across the DOD enterprise.
Fiscal year 2018, the first year of implementation of CAER, has been a success:
What are the continued efforts planned by the Army?
The Army is committed to optimizing the money it receives by efficiently executing its budget. It is the Army’s responsibility to make every dollar count while continuing to increase readiness and lethality.
Why is this important to the Army?
CAER enables commanders to maximize every dollar they receive to build readiness and lethality. Prudent execution of the Army’s budget allows the Army to pursue its modernization goals. These actions enable the Army to support the National Defense Strategy, by optimizing the value of every dollar.
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####Focus Quote for the Day
To be ‘peerless stewards’ of the taxpayers’ dollars takes a dedicated leadership effort at every echelon of national security. America’s Army has set a course using its CAER program to do exactly that.
- Lt. Gen. Thomas A. Horlander, military deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller