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By Wanda J. Rogers
My last Financial Connection article was the May/June 2008 edition. At that time, I was the Assistant Commissioner for Payment Management writing the lead story saying I had just completed my second year of the most challenging position I’ve held during my career. Now here I am again, over a year later back as the Deputy Commissioner of FMS. What a difference a year makes! Since January 2009, I have been on a detail at the Treasury Departmental offices working as the Senior Policy Advisor to the Fiscal Assistant Secretary and leading Treasury’s Recovery Act implementation efforts. It was an exceptional experience. I was able to see the working of this great democracy at the highest level of government. It was awesome, but. . .I am so happy to be back home at FMS.
I am humbled and excited about my new position. Dave Lebryk brings exceptional talent to the helm of this organization. In his short tenure as the FMS Commissioner, he has begun to carve out his legacy. Dave and I share many of the same leadership ideas and work place values. I too embrace the FMS commitment to the six guiding principles and overarching priorities found in our strategic documents:
- Daily operations
- Conversion from paper to electronics
- Security of people, data, dollars, and physical locations
- Cost management
- Operating by our values
- Being a great place to work
As the Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer (COO), I am responsible for the daily operations of the agency. FMS certainly has some big challenges on the horizon. In the FMS Conference Edition 2009 of the Financial Connection, Dave spoke about our tactical priorities. Many of the priorities relate to our modernization efforts underway to improve the underlying infrastructure of our core collections, payments, debt collections, and accounting and reporting functions. Yes, these are exciting times for FMS.
Change is constant and happens fast, but with everything that is going on, I have every confidence that our reputation as a “can do” organization will continue and we will excel. I can honestly say that FMS has some of the most dedicated and committed employees in the federal sector. We have an extremely important mission and we are committed to accomplishing our mission by serving our customers at the federal program agencies and the U.S. taxpayers with world-class excellence.
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