Report due in October Lynn Launches Review Of Multibillion-Dollar IT Modernization Efforts

摘要

Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn has launched a sweeping review to help boost the efficiency and security of the Pentagon's multibillion-dollar information technology modernization efforts. As the Defense Department faces the prospect of major budget cuts and struggles to execute plans to shutter its networking directorate in the name of efficiency, Lynn is turning to the Defense Business Board for independent advice on the $38 billion IT budget that supports DOD activities worldwide. In a May 20 memo to the board, Lynn lays out the "numerous operating challenges" facing the department's "highly complex" IT infrastructure and environment.