Defense ADP: Lessons Learned From Development of Defense Distribution System
IMTEC-92-25
Published: Mar 20, 1992. Publicly Released: Mar 26, 1992.
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Highlights
Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO evaluated the Department of Defense's (DOD) development, evaluation, and subsequent rejection of the Defense Distribution System (DDS) prototype for consolidating military depot management, as a case study of DOD efforts to standardize automated systems under its Corporate Information Management (CIM) Initiative.
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should ensure that further development of other supply depot systems be curtailed while DOD validates the selection of the Army system. The validation process for the selected standard distribution system should ensure that: (1) the system's benefits clearly justify its costs; (2) its functional and technical features justify it as the best alternative for a standard; and (3) the significant system integration problems facing the proposed system have been adequately addressed. |
Closed – Implemented
DOD completed a functional economic analysis of the merits of alternative automated supply depot systems. As a result, it discontinued implementation of the DDS system, thereby saving installation costs. GAO plans to prepare an accomplishment report as soon as possible.
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the newly established program for data standards should at a minimum include a: (1) process for developing and controlling standard data definitions and formats; and (2) mechanism for ensuring that those standards are uniformly and consistently implemented in all CIM standard systems. |
Closed – Not Implemented
A similar recommendation will be repeated in another IMTEC report on Defense's program for developing a standard data dictionary.
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