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  • Investment Summary Information
  • Investment Detail
  • Investment and Contracts
  • Historic CIO Rating
  • Investment Spending
  • Projects and Activities Detail
Section A: Investment Summary Information
Investment Name
OS OFM Commerce Business Systems (CBS)
Unique Investment Identifier
006-000051000

Investment Description

The CBS is the integrated financial management system that has been implemented throughout the Department of Commerce (DOC).
Agency Department of Commerce
Point of Contact Brian Epley - CIO
Investment Type Major IT Investments
Bureau Department of Commerce
Mission Support Not Applicable
Shared Service Category Not Applicable
Shared Service Identifier Not Applicable
TMF Initiatives
  • Not Applicable
FY 2025 IT Spending $6.13 M
Current CIO Rating 4
Data As Of: 03/31/2026

Total Projects

8

Cost Variance

  • 4Low
  • 1Medium
  • 3High

Schedule Variance

  • 8Low
  • 0Medium
  • 0High

Cost Variance

  • Low: Projects that have <10% Cost Variance
  • Medium: Projects that have ≥10% and <30% Cost Variance
  • High: Projects that have ≥30% Cost Variance
Cost Variance: ((Planned Total Costs - Projected or Actual Total Costs) / Planned Total Cost) x 100

Schedule Variance

  • Low: Projects that have <10% Schedule Variance
  • Medium: Projects that have ≥10% and <30% Schedule Variance
  • High: Projects that have ≥30% Schedule Variance
Schedule Variance: ((Planned Completion Date - Projected or Actual Completion Date) / Project Duration) x 100
Download: Project and Variance Source Data (CSV)
Date Investment First Submitted
09/20/2021
Date of Last Investment Detail Update
03/31/2026
Section B: Investment Detail
  1. Briefly describe the investment's return on investment, including benefits internal and external to the government and outcomes achieved or planned.
Section C: Investment and Contracts

Contracts

Section D: Historic CIO Rating
Data Last Updated On: 09/29/2021
Section E: Investment Spending

Table 1: Distribution by Spending Type

Spending Type PY 2024 CY 2025 BY 2026
DME Costs 0 0 0
O&M Costs 41.435 6.131 0
Total 41.435 6.131 0

Table 2: Distribution by Cost Pools

Cost Pools PY 2024 CY 2025 BY 2026
External Labor 24.335 3.257 0
Facilities & Power 0.372 0.222 0
Hardware 0.224 0.095 0
Internal Labor 14.981 1.657 0
Internal Services 0 0 0
Other 0.342 0 0
Outside Services 0.846 0.503 0
Software 0.19 0.269 0
Telecom 0.144 0.129 0
Total 41.434 6.132 0
Cost PoolsCost in millions (M)

Table 3: Distribution by IT Towers

IT Tower PY 2024 CY 2025 BY 2026
Application 27.84 2.673 0
Compute 0.404 0.229 0
Data 0 0 0
Data Center 0.444 0.26 0
Delivery 1.037 0.25 0
End User 3.108 1.06 0
IT Management 6.906 0.706 0
Network 0.072 0.091 0
Output 0 0 0
Platform 0.143 0.143 0
Security & Compliance 1.266 0.605 0
Storage 0.215 0.115 0
Total 41.435 6.132 0
IT TowersCost in millions (M)
Data Last Updated On: 03/31/2026
Section F: Project Detail

Table 1: Project Details

Project Name Project UID Status Planned Total Cost ($M) Cost Variance (%) Planned Start Date Planned End Date Schedule Variance (%) Schedule Variance (Days) TMF Initiative
G-Invoicing 0519O19001 Completed 3.5 -5.7 2019-02-28 2022-12-31 0 0 Not Applicable
Unique Entity Identifier 0520O20001 Completed 0.85 0 2020-02-01 2022-10-31 0 0 Not Applicable
CBS FY23 O&M CBSFY23OM Completed 8 13 2022-10-01 2023-09-30 0 0 Not Applicable
CBS FY25 O&MP2 CBSFY25OM2 Completed 7.14 0 2025-04-01 2025-09-30 0 0 Not Applicable
CBS FY24 O&MP1 CBSFY24OM1 Completed 20.72 55 2023-10-01 2024-03-31 0 0 Not Applicable
CBS FY25 O&MP1 CBSFY25OM1 Completed 7.14 44 2024-10-01 2025-03-31 0 0 Not Applicable
CBS FY24 O&MP2 CBSFY24OM2 Completed 20.72 96 2024-04-01 2024-09-30 0 0 Not Applicable
CBS FY26 O&MP1 CBSFY26OM1 In Progress 3.48 0 2025-10-01 2026-03-31 0 0 Not Applicable
LowMediumHigh

Table 2: Project Related Details

G-Invoicing
  1. Are information technology investments adequately implementing incremental development methodology? (Y/N)
    Yes
  2. What is the frequency of incremental development iterations? (ex. 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months or greater)
    Months
  3. Please describe the iterative development methodology being employed. (500 characters or less)
    Waterfall
Unique Entity Identifier
  1. Are information technology investments adequately implementing incremental development methodology? (Y/N)
    Yes
  2. What is the frequency of incremental development iterations? (ex. 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months or greater)
    Months
  3. Please describe the iterative development methodology being employed. (500 characters or less)
    Waterfall
CBS FY23 O&M
  1. Are information technology investments adequately implementing incremental development methodology? (Y/N)
  2. What is the frequency of incremental development iterations? (ex. 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months or greater)
  3. Please describe the iterative development methodology being employed. (500 characters or less)
CBS FY25 O&MP2
  1. Are information technology investments adequately implementing incremental development methodology? (Y/N)
  2. What is the frequency of incremental development iterations? (ex. 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months or greater)
  3. Please describe the iterative development methodology being employed. (500 characters or less)
CBS FY24 O&MP1
  1. Are information technology investments adequately implementing incremental development methodology? (Y/N)
  2. What is the frequency of incremental development iterations? (ex. 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months or greater)
  3. Please describe the iterative development methodology being employed. (500 characters or less)
CBS FY25 O&MP1
  1. Are information technology investments adequately implementing incremental development methodology? (Y/N)
  2. What is the frequency of incremental development iterations? (ex. 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months or greater)
  3. Please describe the iterative development methodology being employed. (500 characters or less)
CBS FY24 O&MP2
  1. Are information technology investments adequately implementing incremental development methodology? (Y/N)
  2. What is the frequency of incremental development iterations? (ex. 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months or greater)
  3. Please describe the iterative development methodology being employed. (500 characters or less)
CBS FY26 O&MP1
  1. Are information technology investments adequately implementing incremental development methodology? (Y/N)
  2. What is the frequency of incremental development iterations? (ex. 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months or greater)
  3. Please describe the iterative development methodology being employed. (500 characters or less)
Section G: Performance Metrics
Metric Description Performance Measurement Category Unit of Measure Reporting Frequency Agency Baseline Capability Measurement Condition Target 2025 CY Latest Actual Result Date of Latest Actual Result Met Target
System Availability: No more than 8 hours of unscheduled downtime during core hours per year. Measure availability of core financial system to bureau customers Strategic and Business Results Percent Monthly 98 Over target 99 100 2026-02-28 MET
Annual Financial System Cost per User Financial Performance Dollars Annual 6.885 Under target 6.885 7.9 2025-09-30 NOT MET
FY24 Prompt Payment Goal - prompt payment of DOC accounts payable. Strategic and Business Results Percent Quarterly 98 Over target 98 95.47 2024-09-30 NOT MET
FY25 - Prompt Payment Goal - prompt payment of DOC accounts payable. Strategic and Business Results Percent Quarterly 98 Over target 98 93.19 2025-12-31 NOT MET
FY23 Prompt Payment Goal - prompt payment of DOC accounts payable. Strategic and Business Results Percent Quarterly 98 Over target 0 98.53 2023-09-30 MET
Number of hours from submission of help desk ticket to acknowledgement of ticket by help desk technician. Customer Satisfaction hours Quarterly 4 Under target 4 3 2025-09-30 MET
Clean Audit Opinion obtained on Consolidated Financial Statement Strategic and Business Results Percent Annual 100 Over target 100 100 2025-12-15 MET
FY22 Prompt Pay Metric Strategic and Business Results Percent Quarterly 98 Over target 98 2022-09-30 MET