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Land Management Systems: Progress and Risks in Developing BLM's Land and Mineral Record System

AIMD-95-180 Published: Aug 31, 1995. Publicly Released: Nov 07, 1995.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) modernization of its Automated Land and Mineral Record System (ALMRS), focusing on: (1) BLM progress in developing and implementing ALMRS modernization; and (2) potential modernization risks.

Recommendations

Recommendations for Executive Action

Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Bureau of Land Management The Director, BLM, should ensure that the entire ALMRS modernization is thoroughly stress tested before it is deployed throughout BLM.
Closed – Implemented
To implement the recommendation, BLM retained a contractor to perform stress tests of the Automated Land and Mineral Record System modernization platform. BLM has conducted stress testing periodically along with expanded performance testing to ensure that the hardware, software, and telecommunications architecture perform acceptably to support BLM's mission. As a result of the tests, BLM identified several performance problems with varying workloads. BLM plans to continue stress testing and performance testing to ensure that the deployed system is properly sized to meet performance expectations.

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IT acquisitionsSoftware verification and validationCost overrunsFuture budget projectionsGeographic information systemsLand managementManagement information systemsPublic landsSchedule slippagesTesting