DoD Major Automated Information Systems: Improvements Can Be Made in Applying Leading Practices for Managing Risk and Testing

Abstract

DODs MAIS programs include systems that are intended to help the department sustain its key operations. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 includes a provision for GAO to select, assess, and report on the departments MAIS programs annually through March 2018. This is GAOs fifth report and (1) describes the extent to which selected MAIS programs have changed their planned cost and schedule estimates and met technical performance targets and (2) assesses the extent to which selected MAIS programs have used leading IT acquisition practices, including risk management.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2017
Accession Number
AD1031220

Entities

People

  • Carol C. Harris

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Congress
  • Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • Money
  • Organizational Structure
  • Social Media
  • Software Development
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States Government
  • United States Strategic Command
  • Warfare

Readers

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