Defense IRM: Investments at Risk for DoD Computer Centers.

Abstract

This report responds to your request that we review the Department of Defense's (DoD) plans to consolidate, outsource, and modernize its computer center operations and assess whether DoD has an effective framework in place for making and executing these decisions. DoD and the individual military services have consolidated a number of their computer centers in recent years and contracted with the private sector for information processing services that were previously performed in-house. These actions were part of an effort to find better and less costly ways of meeting Defense information processing needs. DoD has recognized that there are opportunities for further consolidations since, according to DoD reports, about 40 percent of its computer centers still fall well below government wide minimum processing capacity targets.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA326841

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Base Closures
  • Business Administration
  • Capital Investments
  • Command And Control
  • Computers
  • Data Centers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Mainframe Computers
  • Management Personnel
  • Money
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Systems Management

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.