TREASURY DIRECTIVE 16-13

Date: June 17, 1997

Sunset Review: June 17, 1999

Expiration Date: June 17, 2000

SUBJECT: Operating Center for Government Accounting and Financial Reporting and the Establishment of the Chief Accounting Officer

1. DELEGATION. By virtue of the authority granted to the Fiscal Assistant Secretary by Treasury Order (TO) 101-05, this Directive delegates to the Commissioner, Financial Management Service, all authority vested in the Secretary of the Treasury by Sections 114(b) and (c) of the Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 1950 (31 U.S.C. 3513) relating to the facilities and internal organization necessary to provide Governmentwide accounting and financial reporting by an operating center within the Financial Management Service.

2. REDELEGATION. The Commissioner may establish component organizations within the Financial Management Service and assign functions to these organizations in such manner as the Commissioner determines to be in the interest of efficiency or economy of operation. Any organizational changes shall comply with the provisions of Treasury Directive (TD) 21-01.

3. CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER. The Commissioner may establish a position of Chief Accounting Officer within the Financial Management Service. If so established, the Chief Accounting Officer, under the direction of the Commissioner, shall be responsible for assuring the integrity of the Governmentwide central accounting and reporting systems maintained by the Financial Management Service and shall perform functions and duties determined by the Commissioner.

4. AUTHORITY.

5. REFERENCE. TD 21-01, "Organizational Changes."

6. CANCELLATION. TD 16-13, "Operating Center for Government Accounting and Financial Reporting," dated May 8, 1992, is superseded.

7. EXPIRATION DATE. This Directive shall expire three years from the date of issuance unless superseded or canceled prior to that date.

8. OFFICE OF PRIMARY INTEREST. Office of the Fiscal Assistant Secretary.