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Delays in capital funding and impact on operations
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Commissioner Strauber illustrates how delays in capital funding from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) have forced DOI to use forfeiture funds for critical operational needs.
- DOI decided in 2023 to obtain a new case management system to replace an aging, inadequate system
- A capital funding request was submitted to OMB in 2023 for this basic operational law enforcement need
- After over a year of back-and-forth with OMB without a clear path to approval, DOI used forfeiture funding to procure the CaseWare system
- The new system, costing approximately $2.8 million over five years, launched recently and significantly improves DOI's information management capabilities
Jocelyn E. Strauber
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However, after well over a year of back and forth with OMB when DOI still did not have a clear path or timeline to approval, the urgency of our need required us to abandon the capital request and leverage forfeiture funding to procure CaseWare, our new electronic management system, which will cost approximately 2,800,000.0 that will be paid over the next five years.
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I am pleased to say that Caseware launched just last month and DOI staff are learning to navigate the new system, one that vastly improves our ability to maintain and access information.