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EDA Stats

Electronic Document Access (EDA) Vouchers and
their Usage by the Defense Finance and Accounting
Service (DFAS) and Non-DFAS Users
Melissa Hudgins
26 November 2003
University of Maryland University College
BGMT 230, Altaf A. Memon

Abstract
I examine DFAS and Non-DFAS queries on EDA Vouchers to evaluate the increase in usage. The results suggest that Non-DFAS usage is increasing faster than DFAS usage. This is important because it shows that the use of EDA is expanding to a wide variety of Agencies and Departments throughout the Department of Defense (DoD). Currently, DFAS pays the entire bill for EDA Vouchers because DFAS is the primary user and is also the originator of these documents. Monitoring usage and predicting when DFAS usage will be surpassed by Non-DFAS usage is important because once Non-DFAS usage exceeds DFAS usage, the costs associated with operating and maintaining EDA can be shared across the DoD. Given the abnormally long budget cycles in DoD, it is impo...

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