USDA Information Management: Proposal to Strengthen Authority of the Chief Information Officer
T-AIMD-98-96
Published: Mar 03, 1998. Publicly Released: Mar 03, 1998.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the problems and challenges the Department of Agriculture (USDA) has faced in managing the more than $1 billion it spends annually on information technology (IT) investments, as well as recent IT reform legislation that established the Chief Information Officer (CIO) position in federal agencies.
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