Business Systems Modernization: Scope and Content of DOD's Congressional Report and Executive Oversight of Investments Need to Improve
Abstract
Since 1995, GAO has designated the Department of Defenses (DOD)multibillion dollar business systems modernization program as high risk, and it continues to do so today. To assist in addressing DODs modernization challenges, the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (the act) requires the department to, among other things, report specific information about business system investments, including (1) milestones and actual performance against specified measures and any revisions and (2)actions taken to certify that a modernization investment involving more than $1 million meets defined conditions before obligating funds. The act also directs GAO to review each report. As agreed, GAO focused on the fiscal year 2010 reports compliance with, among other things, these provisions of the act. To do so, GAO compared DODs report to the acts reporting requirements, interviewed DOD officials, analyzed relevant documentation, and leveraged prior GAO reports.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 2010
- Accession Number
- AD1167506
Entities
People
- Randolph C. Hite
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office