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<br />management discussion, four FfE have been transferred to the CSO Financial Management <br />office. Western's suggestion program, position management and workforce analysis functions <br />will reside in HR under the finaI "Will Be." <br /> <br />Conunents said that the two statistician positions in the proposed Corporate Infonnation Center <br />(now known as the Corporate Aflairs Office) should be under the CFO, to confirm that the CFO <br />has "ownership" offinancial data. This conunent was adopted in pan: one FfE in Corporate <br />Affairs will manage data organization for the annual report, the Administrator's briefing book, and <br />external reporting of certain statistical infonnation. One FrE will be transferred from the <br />proposed CIC to the CFO to help reconcile and analyze financial data. <br /> <br />Several conunents noted that Western's Financial Management System should not automatically <br />be discarded, but should be compared to other systems that are being evaluated as a replacement <br />system. According to these comments, the cost of data conversion, training and getting a <br />replacement system operational that conforms with the needs of a government agency need to be <br />considered along with the initial acquisition cost. 'These suggestions are reasonable. FMS will be <br />compared with other systems during the replacement evaluation process. <br /> <br />Employee comment asked that the staff supporting Western's future financial management system <br />be increased. This request is premature, as the support needs of a future system are unknown at <br />present. <br /> <br />Final staffing level: 35 FfE, 10 contractor <br /> <br />14 <br />