Major automated information systems, selected defense programs need to implement key acquisition practices : report to congressional committees.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, issuing body.

Standardized Title:

Major automated information systems (March 2014)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Defense--Information technology.

United States.

United States. Department of Defense.

Information storage and retrieval systems--Automation--Government policy--United States.

Information storage and retrieval systems.

Information technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 95 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Selected defense programs need to implement key acquisition practices

Defense major automated information systems

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : United States Government Accountability Office, 2014.

Summary:

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 mandated that GAO select and assess DOD MAIS programs annually through March 2018. This report discusses the results of GAO's second annual assessment. Based on the act's requirements, GAO's objectives were to (1) describe the extent to which selected MAIS programs have changed their planned cost and schedule estimates and met performance targets; (2) assess selected MAIS programs' actions to manage risks; and (3) assess the extent to which selected MAIS programs used key information technology acquisition best practices. To do so, GAO selected 15 of the 42 DOD MAIS programs based on several factors, including representation from multiple DOD components, and summarized the results of analyses of cost, schedule, and performance across the programs. Further, GAO selected 3 of the 15 programs (1 each from DHA, DLA, and Navy) and assessed them against best practices for risk management, requirements management, and project monitoring and control. GAO recommends that DOD direct the programs to address respective weaknesses in their risk management, requirements management, and project monitoring and control practices. DOD concurred with six of GAO's recommendations and partially concurred with the remaining two. GAO maintains that it is important that the DHA program trace all capabilities to their associated requirements and update its capabilities baseline to reflect program scope changes.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed Sept. 29, 2014).

"March 2014."

Includes bibliographical references.

"GAO-14-309."

OCLC:

891960468