Dual Reporting Requirements for Certain Comptrollers
This MARADMIN establishes dual reporting requirements for comptrollers at six major Marine Corps commands (MCCDC, MARCORLOGCOM, MCRC, MARFORLANT, MARFORPAC, and MARFORRES), requiring them to report for additional duty to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Financial Management and Comptroller while concurrently notifying the Deputy Commandant for Programs and Resources. The policy strengthens comptroller positions to ensure budget execution issues receive appropriate senior leadership attention without changing existing chain of command relationships.
Issued: June 13, 2003
1. THIS MARADMIN PROMULGATES MARINE CORPS POLICY FOR COMPLIANCE WITH COMPTROLLER DUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF REF (A). 2. PARAGRAPH 4P OF REF (A) REQUIRES THAT "IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT SENIOR MANAGEMENT IS AWARE OF EMERGING ISSUES OR PROBLEMS THAT REQUIRE ACTION EXTERNAL TO THE INDIVIDUAL COMMAND," CERTAIN COMPTROLLERS (INCLUDING THE COMPTROLLER OF MCCDC, MARCORLOGCOM, MCRC, MARFORLANT, MARFORPAC, AND MARFORRES) ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT FOR ADDITIONAL DUTY TO THE ASN (FM&C). THIS PARAGRAPH ALSO REQUIRES THAT "MANPOWER DOCUMENTS, CHANGE OF DUTY ORDERS FOR OFFICERS ORDERED TO THESE COMPTROLLER POSITIONS, AND CIVILIAN POSITION DESCRIPTIONS MUST REFLECT THESE DUAL REPORTING RESPONSIBILITIES. THE ASN (FM&C)WILL HAVE FUNCTIONAL APPROVAL AUTHORITY FOR ALL SES AND MILITARY COMPTROLLERS SELECTED FOR THESE POSITIONS IDENTIFIED IN THIS PARAGRAPH." REF (A) WAS NOT INTENDED TO CHANGE THE REPORTING RELATIONSHIP WITHIN THE CHAIN OF COMMAND. RATHER, THESE ADDITIONAL DUTIES ARE TO STRENGTHEN THE POSITION OF THE COMPTROLLER IN THESE MAJOR COMMANDS TO ENSURE THAT BUDGET EXECUTION ISSUES ARE GIVEN APPROPRIATE ATTENTION. 3. BY REF (B), THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY DESIGNATED THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES (DC [P&R]) AS THE PRINCIPAL MILITARY ADVISOR (PMA) TO THE ASN FM&C. IN KEEPING WITH THIS ASSIGNMENT OF THE DC (P&R) AS THE PMA, AND IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE TIMELY PASSAGE OF INFORMATION TO BOTH THE SECRETARIAT AND MARINE CORPS LEADERSHIP, COMPTROLLERS IDENTIFIED IN REFERENCE (A) WILL CONCURRENTLY NOTIFY THE DC (P&R) OF ANY ISSUE THAT THEY MIGHT BRING TO THE ATTENTION OF THE ASN (FM&C). 4. THIS HQ WILL PROVIDE FURTHER GUIDANCE UNDER SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE TO ENSURE THAT COMPTROLLER DUAL REPORTING RESPONSIBILITIES ARE RECORDED IN MANPOWER DOCUMENTS, PCS ORDERS, AND CIVILIAN POSITION DESCRIPTIONS, AND THAT ASN (FM&C) APPROVAL OF MILITARY COMPTROLLER PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENTS AND SES'S SELECTED FOR THESE POSITIONS IS OBTAINED. 5. THIS MARADMIN HAS BEEN COORDINATED WITH THE ASN (FM&C) AND THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS (M&RA). POC AT HQMC (P&R): MR. DON CALLAWAY, DSN 224-4500. FAX (703) 614-1384.