Financial Statements Branch

The Financial Statements Branch maintains and analyzes the U.S. Standard General Ledger and associated subsidiary records needed to record, control, report, and monitor the budgetary resources, assets, liabilities, costs, obligations, and income for which NOAA is accountable.  It prepares internal and external accounting and financial reports, including audited financial statements required by the Chief Financial Officer's Act and other related Acts which meet statutory and regulatory requirements.  The Branch maintains liaison with Department of Commerce counterparts, the Office of the Inspector General and contract auditors, Department of the Treasury, NOAA’s Line/Staff Offices, Cross-Serviced agencies, and others regarding Construction Work-In-Process (CWIP), Personal and Real Property, and financial management and reporting.  The Branch is responsible for ensuring compliance with accounting standards and policies established by NOAA, Department of Commerce, the Office of Management and Budget, the General Accounting Office, the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board, and other regulatory agencies.  It is also responsible to transmit to the Department of Commerce the Expanded Trial Balances of every NOAA appropriation/fund, coordinate fluctuation analyses that are material in nature, and provide footnotes and other materials that are required as part of the Department’s consolidated

Mark P. Miller
Chief, Financial Statements Branch
(301) 444-2704