i want to convey to you that the secretary mccue, general, and the under secretary, and i commit to improving financial management and becoming auditable. the army will assert audit readiness for financial statements by september 2017. as required by ndaa for fiscal year 2010. the efforts to increase financial accountability and achieve audit readiness go hand-in-hand with secretary mccue's call for a leaner, faster, and more adaptable army. a more agile army is only possible if we have timely, accurate, and reliable financial information to inform our resourcing decisions. we achievedded a milestone that supports our audit readiness and transportation objectives. on july 1 of this year, the army completed the scheduled deployments of the general fund business systems. this system is designed to comply with audit requirements. each day, more than 25,000 users are using the system across 28 army commands, component commands, and direct reporting units. of course, in an organization as large and complex as the army, a transformation that requires a change in the day-to-day business and a fundme

i want to convey to you that secretary mccue, general, and the under secretary wesphal, and i commit to improve financial management and becoming auditable. the army will assert audit readiness on financial statements by 2017. as required by ndaa for fiscal year 2010. the efforts to increase financial accountability and achieve audit readiness go hand in hand with secretary mccue's call for a leaner, faster, and more adaptable army. a more agile army is only possible if we have timely, accurate, and reliable financial information to inform our resourcing decisions. we recently achieved a significant milestone that simultaneously supports our transformation objectives. on july 1, of this year, the army completed the scheduled deployments of the general fund enterprise business system, gfebs. this system is designed to deal with audit requirements. each day, more than 25,000 users use gfebs across 28 army commands, component commands, and direct reporting units. of course, in an organization as large as complex as the army, a transformation that requires a change in the day-to-day busi

the prior hearings and testimonies that we've had including chief of naval officers as well as john mccue the nemo seems to be the same. it's whether someone above them said not to really plan for sequesteration or the office of management budget said just plan the budget for the upcoming year without consideration of sequesteration. would that be a correct statement as to how you -- how the defense department has been proceeding on this specific issue? >> well, we are certainly planning the physical 2014 # budget without regard to sequesteration, consistent with the guidance we got from the office of management of budget. we made a decision not to plan in detail for sequesteration, again, in the continued hopes that there will be an agreement between the add -- administration and congress to halt it. i think as we get closer to the event, we'll have to move towards guidance and planning, and if it goes in effect, we'll be ready to implement it and move towards the planning required to do that. >> can you tell me how long you think it will take to get to that point? some of the testimonie