Information technology : actions needed to fully establish program management capability for VA's financial and logistics initiative : report to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office

Contributor:

Melvin, Valerie C.

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Veterans Affairs--Information technology--Management.

United States.

United States. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Information storage and retrieval systems--Finance.

Information storage and retrieval systems.

Information technology--Management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 35 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Actions needed to fully establish program management capability for VA's financial and logistics initiative

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2009]

Summary:

Since 2005, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has been undertaking an initiative to develop an integrated financial and asset management system known as the Financial and Logistics Integrated Technology Enterprise (FLITE). FLITE is the successor to an earlier initiative known as the Core Financial and Logistics System (CoreFLS) that the department undertook in 1998 and discontinued in 2004 because it failed to support VA's operations. In light of the past performance of CoreFLS and the Office of Management and Budget's designation of FLITE as high risk, GAO was asked to (1) determine the status of pilot system development and (2) evaluate key program management processes, including VA's efforts to institute effective human capital management, develop a reliable program cost estimate, use earned value management (a recognized means for measuring program progress), establish a realistic program schedule, employ effective requirements development and management, and perform independent verification and validation. To do so, GAO reviewed program documentation and interviewed relevant officials. GAO is making recommendations aimed at improving program management. In written comments on a draft of this report, VA concurred with the recommendations and identified actions to address them.

Notes:

Title from cover screen (GAO, viewed Dec. 2, 2009).

"October 2009."

Includes bibliographical references.

"GAO-10-40."

OCLC:

472374270