Summary of Audits of Acquisition of Information Technology

摘要

In the DoD Appropriations Act for FY 2000, Congress reemphasized the need for effective implementation of oversight processes associated with the Clinger- Cohen Act of 1996. This act calls for an investment oversight process that covers the life of each system and includes explicit criteria for analyzing projected and actual costs, benefits, and risks associated with the investments. DoD has approximately 5,800 mission-critical or mission-essential information technology systems. Of these, 71 are categorized as Major Automated Information Systems. Information technology comprises any equipment or interconnected subsystem of equipment used in the automatic acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or information. This report summarizes 30 audit reports that address the acquisition of information technology within the DoD. We summarized reports issued from October 1, 1996, through March 31, 2000. Of these, 17 were prepared by the Inspector General, DoD, 4 were prepared by the General Accounting Office, and 9 were prepared by the Service audit agencies.