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Article: Changes Under Way @ DFAS.(Defense Finance and Accounting Service)(Brief Article)
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- National Defense
- Article date:
- November 1, 2000
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The Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) is getting a makeover to help it better meet its customers' needs--who include almost everybody receiving a check from the Defense Department--according to the organization's director, Thomas Bloom.
First off, Bloom told a recent gathering of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, DFAS--which annually pays out $288 billion to 5.4 million military personnel, Defense Department civilian employees, retirees and contractors--has changed its slogan to "your financial partner @ work." This reflects DFAS's commitment to e-commerce and e-business, said Bloom. Note the "@" symbol, ...