DOD'S HIGH-RISK AREAS: Successful Business Transformation Requires Sound Strategic Planning and Sustained Leadership
Abstract
In January 2005, GAO released its 2005 high-risk series update report for the 109th Congress. GAO's high risk series has increasingly focused on major government programs and operations that need urgent attention and transformation to ensure that the U.S. government functions in the most economical, efficient, and effective manner possible. GAO also emphasizes those federal programs and operations that are at high risk because of their greater vulnerabilities to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement. Of the 25 areas on GAO's 2005 high-risk list, 8 are Department of Defense (DOD) programs or operations and 6 are governmentwide high-risk areas for which DOD shares some responsibility. These high-risk areas touch on all of DOD's major business operations. DOD's failure to effectively address these many high-risk areas results in billions of dollars of waste each year and inadequate accountability to Congress and the American people. The Subcommittee asked GAO to provide its views on (1) DOD's high-risk areas, including those it shares responsibility for with other federal agencies; (2) an emerging challenge for DOD that merits close attention, involving DOD's approach to risk management; and (3) key elements, such as a chief management official, to successfully address these high risk areas and achieve business transformation reform.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 13, 2005
- Accession Number
- AD1157365
Entities
People
- David M. Walker
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office