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The Application

You can use the Contract Audit Follow-up (CAFU) Home Page to access work functions needed by choosing from the top menu bar. To gain access to the Menu Page/ Menu Bar, you must be successfully logged on to the eTools and open the eTools Contract Audit Follow-up.  If you are not a DCMA user, you must gain access to this tool by registering with EWAM and choosing CAFU in the 'Toolset Details'.

Please refer to the links to the left to access the CAFU 3.5 User Manual, Training Materials and FAQs.

Note: The Menu Bar on the Home Page has the following choices:  My Work | My Workgroup | Audits

Click "My Work" to enter into the work currently assigned to you. From there, you will see the next Menu Bar and can make the choice to edit your work/ audit records.

Click on "My Workgroup" to see the Contracting Officer (CO) listings and workload assignment for your location/contract management office.

Click on "Audits" to see current audit report listings of audits assigned to you and/or to your contract management office.
To chose only the audits assigned to you after entering through the "Audits" selection, chose "Just My Work" on the right top of the screen under the Menu Bar.

Definitions and guidance will be accessible throughout the navigation. You will see descriptions/narrative on the screens which state what area you are in and what you can do in the particular screen. The CAFU Users Manual will be linked at several points throughout the workflow.

New terminology to become familiar with:

Workflow - The process an audit record follows
Pipeline - Series of stages the audit record proceeds through
Plan -  Early stage where the Target Dates are entered
Deferred - Date went to Litigation or Criminal Investigation 
Forward - Enter date the CO Memo was forwarded to DCAA

Note: there will be screens where only certain information/data can be entered as the audit record proceeds through the pipeline but remarks can be input in the "Remarks" area at any stage.

eTools

All DCMA web applications contain common elements: the menu bar allows you to choose the right action; dialog boxes help you to input the right information; and the calendar is a plus...you will never get out of your application without a date.

For detailed information on how to use eTools and its features, just refer to the DCMA Web Application Common Elements Manual.