Department of Homeland Security
Subtitle: assessments of selected complex acquisitions : report to congressional addresses
Publisher: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 87
Subjects: Procurement; Evaluation; Equipment and supplies; National security; Technological innovations; United States. Department of Homeland Security; United States; United States. Coast Guard
Other titles: Assessments of selected complex acquisitions
Description: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) acquisitions represent hundreds of billions of dollars in life-cycle costs to support a wide range of missions. Creating acquisition policies and processes to provide insight into the performance of a wide array of complex investments, while also providing oversight for many component agencies new to acquisition management, has been an ongoing challenge for DHS. GAO performed this review because DHS implementation and transformation is on GAO's high risk list. This report (1) provides an update on DHS's efforts to implement acquisition oversight for all investments; (2) describes acquisition performance and common challenges across selected programs; and (3) provides individual profiles for 18 selected programs, 15 of which were major programs that had initiated acquisition activities. GAO selected programs based on relevance to frontline homeland security missions and assessed cost and schedule performance and acquisition planning challenges. GAO is not making any new recommendations as this is intended as a status report. However, GAO has previously made numerous recommendations intended to improve acquisition management.
Notes: Title from cover screen (GAO, viewed July 7, 2010).

"June 2010."

"GAO-10-588SP."

Includes bibliographical references.

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