Defense Business Systems: Further Refinements Needed to Guide the Investment Management Process
Abstract
GAO designated DODs multibillion-dollar business systems modernization program as high risk in 1995, and since then has provided a series of recommendations aimed at strengthening DODs institutional approach to modernizing its business systems investments. Section 332 of the Fiscal Year 2005 NDAA requires the department to take specific actions relative to its modernization efforts and GAO to assess actions taken by DOD to comply with section 332 of the act. In evaluating DODs compliance, GAO analyzed, among other things, investment management policies and procedures, certification actions for business system investments, and the latest versions of the departments business enterprise architecture and enterprise transition plan. GAO is making three recommendations to help improve the departments business systeminvestment management process and business enterprise architecture. DOD concurred with two recommendations and partially concurred with the third to define criteria for reviewing business systems at appropriate levels in the department. In particular, DOD noted that systems are reviewed within components before being reviewed by the executive-level investment review board. However, until DOD ensures that investments are reviewed at an appropriate level based on defined criteria such as cost, scope, complexity, and risk, the department is at an increased risk of failing to identify and address important issues associated with large-scale and costly systems.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 2014
- Accession Number
- AD1169871
Entities
People
- Angel Ip
- Anh Le
- Camille Chaires
- Carol R. Cha
- Christine San
- Debra Conner
- Kate Feild
- Lee Mccracken
- Michael Holland
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office