Category Capabilities

Financial Management

The Columbia Group has long provided our customers with quality financial professional specializing in the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process and other aspects of federal financial management. Our experience and dedication to quality service allows us to provide our customers the support they need to manage and utilize funding efficiently and within prescribed legal constraints.

Problem Solving: We assist our customers in resolving issues and also provide tools to solve their problems.

Our financial management professionals understand each phase of the PPBE cycle as well as the interplay between the phases. We also know that financial constraints represent critical challenges that must be overcome in order to provide the warfighter the tools needed to accomplish their mission. We leverage our knowledge and experience to optimize our support of the armed services.

Key areas of Financial Management support The Columbia Group provides include:

• Financial Improvement Plan (FIP) Process
• Problem Disbursements
• Reconciliation
• Tri-Annual Review
• Business Process Re-engineering
• Other Financial Support Services

Information Technology

The Columbia Group has been providing a wide variety of Information Technology services to Government agencies for over 20 years. Our ability to leverage our subject matter expertise with knowledge of technical options enables us to re-engineer processes to maximize the use of technology.

The services we provide include:

• Cybersecurity Solutions
• Application Development
• Database Design
• Business Process Re-engineering
• Systems Administration
• Data Services

Our employees provide logistics, acquisition, and financial management support to our customers while identifying areas that could benefit from automation. We are technical experts and problem solvers who increase the productivity of our customers by applying technology solutions.

Test and Evaluation Planning & Management

The Columbia Group provides test and evaluation (T&E) planning and management expertise, based upon DoD Instructions for programs of record and equipment acquired through the rapid acquisition process. The principal objectives of test and evaluation are to provide essential information to decision makers so they may assess a system’s attainment of technical performance parameters, operational effectiveness, suitability, survivability, and safety. All of our T&E efforts are fully integrated with the program’s Systems Engineering Management Plan.

Our T&E Team provides support through all phases of systems test and evaluation including coordination with all T&E stakeholders.

During system development we:

• Facilitate and coordinate test events
• Prepare and coordinate test documentation, including the Test & Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP)
• Assess and monitor compatibility, interoperability, survivability, vulnerability, and supportability
• Estimate Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (RAM)
• Evaluate effects of configuration changes
• Assess human factors and identify limiting factors
• Assess technical risk and evaluate program tradeoffs
• Verify the accuracy and completeness of technical documentation

During and after Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) we:

• Facilitate and coordinate program office IOT&E  preparation and support
• Review and assess IOT&E reports
• Support post-IOT&E corrective actions
• Facilitate and coordinate additional operational testing

 The Columbia Group has provided test and evaluation planning and management support for ACATs I through IV programs.

We are prepared to provide Test and Evaluation Planning and Management services to non-DoD customers based upon our knowledge and experience within DoD programs.