By Lauren C. Williams
Jun 09, 2021
Eliminating and updating legacy business systems and processes may have trimmed more than $133 million from the Navy’s $211.7 billion budget request for fiscal 2022.
According to budget documents, most of those savings, about $126.5 million, come from cancelling the technical refresh for fleet IT maintenance processes and tools for the Navy Maritime Maintenance Enterprise Solution.
Another $5.5 million was reportedly saved from shutting down legacy business systems as the Navy works to “streamline financial management systems and consolidate general ledger systems.”
Policy reforms, such as reducing Marine Corps aviation and ground support through cuts from modernizing training, systems and equipment, made up most of the reported reductions at $1.63 billion, alongside divestments at $1.26 billion. The latter included about $9.4 million in savings by divesting of a training system that “no longer meets training objectives” the Counter
The Navy claims it saved $4.2 billion through reform efforts for its fiscal 2022 budget request via business process and systems improvement and divestments.