DOD Business Transformation: Lack of an Integrated Strategy Puts the Army's Asset Visiblity System Investments at Risk
Abstract
The Department of Defense (DoD) established a goal to achieve total asset visibility (TAV) over 30 years ago, but to date it has been unsuccessful. GAO was requested to do the following: (1) determine whether the Army has a systems strategy for achieving TAV, (2) determine if the Army's business system investment governance structure is consistent with DoD guidance, and (3) evaluate the Army's effort to correct previously reported problems with the Logistics Modernization Program (LMP). GAO obtained an understanding of the Army's efforts to achieve TAV, oversee and manage its business system investments, and address previously reported LMP problems. GAO makes five recommendations to DoD and the Army: (1) develop a concept of operations for the Army; (2) develop policies, procedures, and processes to manage investments from a portfolio perspective; (3) establish an independent verification and validation function; (4) require that any future General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS) economic analysis is prepared in accordance with applicable policies; and (5) direct that LMP use an independent system test team. Overall, DoD concurred with the recommendations and stated that it will work diligently to close them.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 2007
- Accession Number
- ADA470592
Entities
People
- Beatrice Alff
- Darby Smith
- Evelyn Logue
- F. A. Dymond
- Harold Brumm Jr.
- J. C. Martin
- Keith A. Rhodes
- Mccoy Williams
- Sunny Chang
- William M. Solis
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office