DFAS Web site moves

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The Defense Finance and Accounting Service public Web site moved to a new location on the Internet, officials announced March 2.

The old site, www.dfas.mil, will remain available through March 31. Then, users will be redirected to the new site, www.dod.mil/dfas, and links to pages on the previous site will generate an error message notifying users of the move, officials said.

Webmasters who link to the site or pages within the site should review their links and update them accordingly, officials said.

The move will enhance the performance of the site by providing redundancy to prevent down time and by providing an opportunity for enhanced features in the future, officials said.

"Our goal is to provide the best service and products possible to the men and women who defend America," said Claudia Bogard, the service’s corporate communications director. "With this move, our customers can rely on DFAS for faster access to information whenever they need it from anywhere around the globe at any hour of the day or night."

Officials said the move also will provide the following benefits:

-- Increase the speed of the site by more than 12 times.

-- Improve search capability to allow DFAS content to be found on any of dod-dot-mil sites.

-- Allow DFAS content to be found at www.dod.mil/dfas, www.defense.mil/dfas, www.pentagon.gov/dfas, www.defense.gov/dfas, www.defenselink.mil/dfas or www.defense.gov/dfas.

-- Create stronger alignment between DFAS and DOD public Web sites.

-- Reduce the burden of public Web traffic to DFAS networks.