Army Procurement and Contract Administration Practices on Computer Software Service Contracts.

Abstract

This audit was performed in response to a congressional inquiry regarding the Army's procurement of computer software services. On behalf of a constituent, Congressman Jim Talent requested the Inspector General, DoD, to review the contracting practices of the U.S. Army Security Assistance Command and the Systems Integration and Management Activity, both subordinate commands of the Army Materiel Command. The constituent alleged that fraud, waste, and mismanagement occurred on contracts used to develop computer software for the Security Assistance Automation, Army (SA3), and that the Army seldom or never used the developed software. The audit objectives were to determine whether the Army followed Federal and DoD acquisition regulations when awarding and administering computer software service contracts and to review internal controls applicable to the award and administration of the contracts. To adequately answer the allegations, we amended the audit objectives to focus on whether the Army's SA3 development followed required Defense and Army information system development policies and procedures. Additionally, we assessed internal controls as they applied to the development of SA3.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 02, 1995
Accession Number
ADA372814

Entities

People

  • Myra M. Frank
  • Paul J. Granetto
  • Ronald W. Hodges
  • Salvatore D. Guli
  • Terry L. Mckinney

Organizations

  • Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Business Administration
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Economic Analysis
  • Electronic Mail
  • Information Systems
  • Local Area Networks
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Processing Equipment
  • Software Development
  • System Software
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Word Processors

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.