Defense IRM: Poor Implementation of Management Controls Has Put Migration Strategy at Risk.

Abstract

In 1989, the Department of Defense started its Corporate Information Management (CIM) initiative in an effort to save billions of dollars by streamlining operations and deploying standard information systems to support common business operations. However, 8 years after beginning CIM and making substantial investments, Defense has not met its savings goal because it has not fully implemented sound management practices to carry out this initiative. GAO placed the effort on its high-risk list in February 1995, in part because it found that CIM-related technology investments, which are expected to total billions of dollars each year, are vulnerable to waste and mismanagement.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 20, 1997
Accession Number
ADA331420

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Business Administration
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Cost Reductions
  • Economic Analysis
  • Information Systems
  • Life Cycle Management
  • Management Personnel
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Risk Analysis
  • Software Development
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management