Service Day - Air Force.(James R. Speer, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Air Force)(Transcript)

Mr. James R. "Ron" Speer, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management and Comptroller)

(Mr. Speer focused his remarks on the high priority that Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld hasp/aced on financial management and the efforts within the Air Force to improve financial management.)

From the day of his confirmation hearing, Secretary Rumsfeld made improving Department of Defense (DoD) financial management a top priority. One of the first study groups that Mr. Rumsfeld chartered on assuming office was tasked to review the current state of financial management within the Department and to recommend actions for improvement. Furthermore, Dr. Dov Zakheim, the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) (USD(C)), has made financial reform a top priority.

The Air Force also continues to make financial management a top priority. In fact, over the last several years, the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management and Comptroller) (SAF/FM) has restructured financial management to address financial issues …