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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
Defense Enterprise Accounting and Management System
Unique Investment Identifier
007-000000178

Investment Description

DEAMS is a Joint United States Air Force (USAF) and United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Program that replace many existing accounting and finance legacy systems and provides core funds execution management functions consistent with financial management laws, regulations and policy, general ledger, funds management, payments, receivables, cost and revenues, and fiduciary reporting. As a fully deployed system, DEAMS is the key toward Air Force compliance with the Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) requirements. DEAMS Continuous Capability Development (CCD) is implemented utilizing an agile software methodology. CCD continues integrating disparate financial management business systems with DEAMS. This effort allows continuous enhancements to provide the core accounting and reporting functionality necessary to enable deployment of modernized personnel, contracting, and logistics systems. Additional capabilities under requirements definition include complex acquisition management, reimbursable cost accounting, military entitlement accounting, advanced accounting controls and audit sustainment, treasury cash accountability, and management accounting and billing for revolving funds.
Agency Department of Defense
Point of Contact Hon. Kirsten Davies - CIO
Investment Type Major IT Investments
Bureau Air Force
Mission Support Not Applicable
Shared Service Category Not Applicable
Shared Service Identifier Not Applicable
TMF Initiatives
  • Not Applicable
FY 2025 IT Spending $172.93 M
Current CIO Rating 3
Data As Of: 02/24/2026

Total Projects

7

Cost Variance

  • 7Low
  • 0Medium
  • 0High

Schedule Variance

  • 6Low
  • 0Medium
  • 1High

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
11/09/2021
Date of Last Investment Detail Update
02/24/2026
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

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Section D: Historic CIO Rating
Data Last Updated On: 12/23/2025
Section E: Investment Spending

Table 1: Distribution by Spending Type

Spending Type PY 2024 CY 2025 BY 2026
DME Costs 59.341 72.65 0
O&M Costs 101.314 100.277 0
Total 160.655 172.927 0

Table 2: Distribution by Cost Pools

Cost Pools PY 2024 CY 2025 BY 2026
External Labor 0 0 0
Facilities & Power 0 0 0
Hardware 0 0 0
Internal Labor 13.416 13.725 0
Internal Services 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0
Outside Services 147.239 157.966 0
Software 0 1.236 0
Telecom 0 0 0
Total 160.655 172.927 0
Cost PoolsCost in millions (M)

Table 3: Distribution by IT Towers

IT Tower PY 2024 CY 2025 BY 2026
Application 0 0 0
Compute 0 0 0
Data 0 0 0
Data Center 0 0 0
Delivery 0 0 0
End User 0 0 0
IT Management 0 0 0
Network 0 0 0
Output 0 0 0
Platform 0 0 0
Security & Compliance 160.655 172.927 0
Storage 0 0 0
Total 160.655 172.927 0
IT TowersCost in millions (M)
Data Last Updated On: 02/24/2026
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
Agile Software Development PA0178-321 In Progress 18.37 0 2025-06-01 2026-06-01 0 0 Not Applicable
SME Support PA0178-322 In Progress 13.15 0 2025-02-01 2026-02-01 -6.3 -23 Not Applicable
ERP Solution Architecture services PA0178-323 In Progress 5.51 0 2025-05-01 2026-05-01 0 0 Not Applicable
DCIDS/other/DATS PA0178-326 In Progress 10.25 0 2025-05-01 2026-05-01 0 0 Not Applicable
Test Services PA0178-327 In Progress 1.36 0 2025-07-01 2026-07-01 0 0 Not Applicable
Program Support Costs PA0178-328 In Progress 7.57 0 2024-12-01 2025-12-01 -4.9 -18 Not Applicable
DDCIT-DIS (DINE Sources) PA0178-329 In Progress 1.27 0 2024-11-01 2025-11-01 -49 -180 Not Applicable
LowMediumHigh

Table 2: Project Related Details

Agile Software Development
  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)
    Days
  3. Please describe the iterative development methodology being employed. (500 characters or less)
    DEAMS leverages an agile development methodology (SAFe?) to deliver continuous system improvements and rapid updates ? averaging one deployment every 2.15 days ? ensuring the system remains responsive to evolving financial management needs
SME Support
  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)
ERP Solution Architecture services
  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)
DCIDS/other/DATS
  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)
Test Services
  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)
Program Support Costs
  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)
DDCIT-DIS (DINE Sources)
  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)
    Days
  3. Please describe the iterative development methodology being employed. (500 characters or less)
    Leverages an agile development methodology (SAFe?) to deliver continuous system improvements and rapid updates ? averaging one deployment every 2.15 days ? ensuring the system remains responsive to evolving financial management needs. This contract will be extended from 26 Dec 25 through 30 Apr 26. Contract funding actions expected to take place around 30 Nov 25.
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
Mean time between operation mission failures (MBOMF). Time to Restore Mission Operational Status. Strategic and Business Results Total System Uptime/Total Number of Failures - PMO Monthly Over target 90 95 2026-02-11 MET
Number of transactions recorded within 24 hours/Total number of transactions assessed - Compliance Discoverer Report. MOE 1.4 Strategic and Business Results Time to record obligation transactions. Monthly Over target 95 99.31 2026-01-22 MET
Operational availability (OA) - Track Planned and Unplanned System Outages - PMO Systems Office Strategic and Business Results Operational availability (OA) Quarterly Over target 90 100 2025-12-17 MET
Interest penalty payment - AF Goal is Less than $49.00 in interest per $1M disbursed. DoD Goal is Less than $90 in interest per $1M disbursed. Financial Performance Dollars Annual 0 Under target 49 0 2025-08-11 MET
Sustainment (Materiel and Operational Availability) - derived from system availability requirements to support the required capability, assumptions for its design and operational use, tradeoffs between reliability, maintenance concepts, life cycle cost, and the planned sustainment strategy. Sustainment consists of two primary components: Materiel Availability and Operational Availability. MOS 3.6 Customer Satisfaction percentage Quarterly 0 Over target 80 100 2025-12-17 MET
Net-Ready - includes three attributes derived through a three step process of mission analysis, information analysis, and systems engineering. The three attributes (Attribute 1: Supports military operations; Attribute 2: Is entered and managed on the network; Attribute 3: Effectively exchanges information) are then documented in solution architectures developed according to the current DoDAF standard SV-7. Strategic and Business Results percentage Annual 0 Over target 90 99.92 2025-08-11 MET
Federal Financial Management Improvement Act (FFMIA) Compliance - DEAMS must substantially comply with FFMIA of 1996 OMB Circular No. A-123 Appendix D requirements in all material aspects as determined by the Department of the Air Force in accordance with section 7.a.iii.b. DEAMS will achieve determination that the program is substantially in compliance based on an independent audit of all material Appendix D section 803(a) requirements. Strategic and Business Results Percentage Annual 0 Over target 90 98.88 2025-08-11 MET