OPERATIONAL RECORDS CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
This records schedule is approved in accordance with the Document Disposal Act (RSBC 1996, c. 99). It constitutes
authority for retention and disposition of the records described herein provided ORCS has been implemented according
to standards approved by BC Archives. For assistance in implementing ORCS, contact your Records Officer.
INFORMATION SYSTEM OVERVIEW
For a System with Subsystems
Name of Creating Agency
Ministry of Finance
Office of the Comptroller General
Corporate Accounting System
System Title
Corporate Accounting System Walker Financials (CAS Walker)
Subsystem Titles
CAS Walker Financials Accounts Payable (Walker AP)
CAS Walker Financials General Ledger (Walker GL)
CAS Walker Financials Purchasing (Walker PO)
Purpose
The purpose of CAS Walker was to provide provincial government clients with financial data
processing, tracking and storage. Clients included any ministry, Crown corporation or agency, as
well as the legislative assembly. On April 1, 2001, CAS Oracle replaced CAS Walker as the core
financial system for the provincial government. Before CAS Walker was installed in April 1994,
there was no common financial system, although the Centralized Batch System (CBS) was used to
calculate provincial financial data. Note: Although the data from CBS was rolled into CAS Walker,
CBS no longer existed when this ORCS was written and is not documented in this ORCS.
Information Content
CAS Walker includes data about financial transactions involving the provincial government. This
includes: transfers of funds within government; payments by the government to employees,
vendors and suppliers; purchasing government assets; and creating and tracking the budgets both
of clients and of the government as a whole.
OCG ORCS ISO Section CAS Walker.doc: 2005/02/21
Schedule 880967
ORCS/OCG
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