Why will a single CAMS production database be used by all Department of Commerce CAMS users?
The CAMS Implementation team conducted several working group sessions to evaluate a number of CAMS installation options. With input from various DCFO personnel, it was determined that a single CAMS production database will house data for NIST, TA, NTIA, and the NIST customer bureaus (BEA, EDA, ESA, MBDA, OIG, OS). In the past, NIST, TA, and NTIA data has been physically separated from customer bureau data. However, it is the organization’s goal to centralize accounting practices across all bureaus to allow better cross-service deployment of DCFO resources and, as a result, lower overall implementation costs. The CAMS Implementation Team has identified the following key benefits that will result from implementing a single installation of CAMS: • Single, comprehensive configuration management plan for software updates, • Single testing effort for every software release, • Simplified training curriculum, • Simplified ongoing maintenance data upkeep, • Single user name and password for eac
