FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICY MANUAL

“International Cooperative Administrative Support Services (ICASS)”.
2. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT
SERVICES. ICASS includes personnel services, budget and fiscal services,
general services, communications services, management services, and other
direct services provided by State Department overseas activities to other
agencies' activities. Unlike the arrangement under the Foreign Affairs
Administrative Support (FAAS) program, which was the predecessor to
ICASS, the costs for utilities, long-term leases, local guards, and community
liaison offices will be also shared by the Federal Agencies with a presence on
post rather than fully absorbed by the State Department. This will provide
greater flexibility and accountability and result in a more equitable
distribution of overseas administrative costs. Overseas security services are
addressed in subpar. 7.
3. ICASS AGREEMENTS. At least once each fiscal year, the respective
State Department overseas activities and each supported activity enter into
local agreements covering the amount to be reimbursed for such services. The
State Department activities measure services and related costs in accordance
with standard work factors and formulas promulgated by the Department of
State.
4. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY FUNDING. The funds for the services
in subpar. 2 are budgeted by the Navy or Marine Corps component assigned
funding responsibility for the activity receiving the ICASS services. The
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations budgets for unified commands for
which the Navy has been assigned financial responsibility. The parent office
or command budgets for ICASS services provided to its subordinate activities.
5. SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY. The
value of services provided by Navy and Marine Corps activities to State
Department activities is offset against the consolidated billings submitted by
the State Department for ICASS. However, this does not apply to services of
Marine Corps guards provided under the Marine Security Guard program
which is governed by the Memorandum of Understanding between the
Department of State and the U.S. Marine Corps.
6. OFFSET PROCEDURES. The State Department issues separate bills to
the Navy and Marine Corps for ICASS. The Chief of Naval Operation
(N09BF) has been designated as the Navy office to receive the bill for offset
and settlement action. Headquarters, Marine Corps (PP&O-PLU) has been
designated as the Marine Corps office to receive the bill for offset and
settlement action. The parent claimant for each activity receiving services
from the State Department will provide N09BF or HQMC (PP&O-PLU), as
appropriate, with certification of services received and the appropriate fund
citation to be charged. Prior to the citing of funds, offsetting adjustments will
be made for support provided to State Department activities. For this purpose,
claimants assigned funding responsibility for Navy and Marine Corps
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