Budget Department in consultation with line ministries/agencies to submit allotment and annual financial plans in AFMIS. The Treasury Department to (i) register their contractual commitments against allotment in the AFMIS; (ii) control payments against the respective pre- registered commitments and authorized financial plans in the system/AFMIS starting in FY 2018; and (iii) produce quarterly commitment reports for each ministry/agency starting in FY 2018.
Introduced at R1 for R3, came from the SB: "Line ministries/agencies to submit their annual financial plans for issuance of allotments and register their contractual commitments (including commitments under multi-year contracts) in the AFMIS. The Treasury to (i) control payments against the respective preregistered commitments and authorized financial plans in the system/AFMIS starting June 2017, and (ii) produce quarterly commitment reports for each ministry/agency starting January 2018. " Rationale: Strengthen cash planning and commitment control and prevent emergence of arrears. At R3, It is proposed that the timing for completion of this measure be pushed back by two months to February 2018.