The National Science Foundation serves to promote the progress of science, to advance national health, prosperity and welfare, and to secure the national defense. The agency’s $8.0 billion in budgetary resources is used to support high-risk, potentially transformative research that will generate important discoveries, new technologies, and a dynamic workforce. Like other agencies, it is committed to pursuing this important mission while managing its finances effectively, which includes ensuring its payments are accurate, using only property it needs, and accounting for its finances properly.