Information Resource Management Planning in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition)
Abstract
The management of information resources within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition) suffers from three principal deficiencies. These deficiencies are: 1) Inadequate access to corporate data; 2) Shortcomings in the ability to analyze data; and 3) Inadequate interoperability among information systems. The OUSD(A) managers and program analysts lack sufficient access to the five Year Defense Program (FYDP) budget data, defense industrial budget data, and military technology data. In particular, OUSD(A) must analyze FYDP data (submitted by the Military Departments to the DoD comptroller) to determine the potential impact of FYDP budget allocations on acquisition programs. The OUSD(A) should obtain these data earlier from the Comptroller and provide them in machine-readable form to staff analysts. Even when data are available, OUSD(A) managers and analysts do not effectively process the data into information needed by decision makers. To do so, analysts need software and methods to apply data to policy issues. Their lack of analytical capability causes extensive expenditures for contractor assistance and inefficient use of the contractor-produced software and analysis.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA214615
Entities
People
- Carl H. Groth Jr.
- Sharon M. Murry
Organizations
- LMI