Information Technology Dod's Acquisition Policies and Guidance Need to Incorporate Additional Best Practices and Controls

By General Accounting Office

Book Id: WPLBN0000146968
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Information Technology Dod's Acquisition Policies and Guidance Need to Incorporate Additional Best Practices and Controls
Author:	General Accounting Office
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Accountability in government, United States. General Accounting Office
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Government Accountability Integrity Reliability Office Collection
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Publisher:	United States General Accounting Office (Gao)


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Government Accountability Integrity Reliability Office Collection

Excerpt
Excerpt: DOD?s revised policies and guidance largely incorporate 10 best practices for acquiring any type of information technology (IT) business system. For example, the revisions include the requirement that acquisitions be economically justified on the basis of costs, benefits, and risks. However, the revisions generally do not incorporate 8 best practices relating to the acquisition of commercial component-based systems. For example, they do not address basing any decision to modify commercial components on a thorough analysis of the impact of doing so or on preparing system users for the business process and job roles and responsibilities changes that are embedded in the functionality of commercial IT products. In total, GAO found that DOD?s acquisition policies and guidance fully incorporate 8 of the 18 best practices that they were evaluated against, partially incorporate 5 practices, and do not incorporate the remaining 5 practices (see figure). DOD intends to expand its acquisition guidance to incorporate additional best practices by September 30, 2004, but department officials cite other priorities as a reason why they have not been able to complete this effort and could not provide a plan specifying how this will be accomplished. Until DOD?s revised policies and guidance incorporate key systems acquisition best practices, the risk that system investments will not consistently deliver promised capabilities and benefits on time and within budget is increased.