Homeland security : DHS requires more disciplined investment management to help meet mission needs : report to congressional requesters.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office

Contributor:

Hutton, John

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Homeland Security--Management--Evaluation.

United States.

United States. Department of Homeland Security--Procurement--Evaluation.

United States. Department of Homeland Security.

Armed Forces--Procurement--Evaluation.

Management--Evaluation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iii, 105 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

DHS requires more disciplined investment management to help meet mission needs

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2012]

Summary:

DHS invests extensively in major acquisition programs to develop new systems that help the department execute its many critical missions. In 2011, DHS reported to Congress that it planned to invest $167 billion in these major acquisition programs. We previously found that DHS had not managed its investments effectively, and its acquisition management activities have been on GAO's High Risk List since 2005. This report addresses the extent to which (1) major DHS acquisition programs face key challenges; (2) DHS has policies and processes to effectively manage individual acquisition programs; (3) DHS has policies and processes to effectively manage its portfolio of acquisition programs as a whole; and (4) DHS has taken actions to address the high-risk acquisition management issues GAO has identified in previous reports. GAO surveyed all 77 major program offices DHS identified in 2011 (92 percent response rate), reviewed available documentation of acquisition decisions from November 2008 to April 2012, and interviewed officials at DHS headquarters and components. GAO recommends that DHS modify its policy to better reflect key program and portfolio management practices, ensure acquisition programs fully comply with DHS acquisition policy, prioritize major acquisition programs departmentwide and account for anticipated resource constraints, and document prerequisites for delegating major milestone decision authority. DHS concurred with all of GAO's recommendations, and noted its progress on a number of fronts, which is accounted for in the report.

Notes:

Title from cover screen (viewed on Feb. 9, 2013).

"September 2012."

Includes bibliographical references.

"GAO-12-833."

OCLC:

827110959