Overview

The Office of the Chief Financial Officer Fee Review (OFEE) is an application that allows USDA Agencies to recover costs.

In accordance with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-25, User Charges and the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, guidelines and procedures are established that define USDA Agency responsibilities, Agency Chief Financial Officers' (CFO) responsibilities, and OCFO's responsibilities.

USDA utilizes the Web-based OFEE as the application to provide OCFO Agencies with the ability to enter, submit, and review online charges and fee schedules. It also allows authorized users to view and download a limited number of reports. The application will allow for the summarization of all fee review activity for the current year, indicating fees scheduled for review the following year, and allowing the CFO to approve the schedule as displayed or reject it with comments.

OFEE is a Web-based application of the National Finance Center (NFC). OFEE is accessed via secure socket layer 128-bit encrypted connection via NFC-secured Web servers. All record-level access is controlled by user roles established by NFC security that work in the following manner:

• When users log into OFEE, the application stores their role identifications (ID) (e.g., preparer, administrator, auditor).
• When users attempt to access any module in the application, their role ID is first tested to determine if they have access to that module.
• If users DO NOT have access to the module, they are redirected to the first available module to which they DO have access.
• If users DO have access, further tests are triggered as to what level of information to display and what control buttons (e.g., add, update, delete) to display.
• When users attempt to perform an update action of any kind (e.g., add, modify, delete), their role ID is again tested to ensure that they are authorized to do this. If they are NOT authorized, they are redirected to the first available module to which they DO have access.

OFEE is designed to capture only a summary of the review. The detailed supporting documentation used in the analysis should be maintained at the Agency. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) or OCFO will request additional detailed information from the Agency, if needed.

Note: Appendices with the application are available below each page providing more information.