Departmental Accountable Officials’ Roles in Wide Area Workflow for Miscellaneous Payments Several roles are essential in maintaining the proper checks and balances within the WAWF miscellaneous payment process. Below are basic, high-level descriptions of roles as they operate in the WAWF process. Certifying officers and disbursing officers must depend on other personnel involved in the payment authorization process to provide accurate and timely data and quality service. Mandatory: To ensure that a payment is correct, personnel who provide information to Certifying Officers shall provide accurate information, data, and services, and shall be held accountable for their actions, to include possible pecuniary liability. Mandatory: Certifying officers are pecuniarily liable for erroneous payments. authorizes DoD to hold departmental accountable officials pecuniarily liable for illegal, improper, or incorrect payments resulting from the negligent provision of information, data, or services to Certifying Officers. Government Initiator The government initiator creates the miscellaneous payment transaction for personal transactions that are truly one time payments to individuals: Non-federal entity (must be registered in Central Contractor Registration [CCR]). No required. Require for Air Force personnel. Cannot be local processing official (LPO) reviewer or LPO certifier. Inputs “invoice.”
Departmental Accountable Officials’ Roles in Wide Area Workflow for Miscellaneous Payments Several roles are essential in maintaining the proper checks and balances within the WAWF miscellaneous payment process. Below are basic, high-level descriptions of roles as they operate in the WAWF process. Certifying officers and disbursing officers must depend on other personnel involved in the payment authorization process to provide accurate and timely data and quality service. Mandatory: To ensure that a payment is correct, personnel who provide information to Certifying Officers shall provide accurate information, data, and services, and shall be held accountable for their actions, to include possible pecuniary liability. Mandatory: Certifying officers are pecuniarily liable for erroneous payments. authorizes DoD to hold departmental accountable officials pecuniarily liable for illegal, improper, or incorrect payments resulting from the negligent provision of information, data, or services to Certifying Officers. Government Initiator The government initiator creates the miscellaneous payment transaction for personal transactions that are truly one time payments to individuals: Non-federal entity (must be registered in Central Contractor Registration [CCR]). No required. Require for Air Force personnel. Cannot be local processing official (LPO) reviewer or LPO certifier. Inputs “invoice.”
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