Information Resources: Army Corporate Data Base Disregards Congressional and DOD Direction
IMTEC-90-64
Published: Jul 19, 1990. Publicly Released: Aug 20, 1990.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of the Army's effort to develop a corporate database.
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Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should direct the Secretary of the Army to suspend development activity on the eight initiatives GAO identified, and not to resume any of them unless all required federal and defense acquisition requirements are met. This would include preparing mission needs statements and requirements and economic analyses. |
The Department of Defense (DOD) has tasked the Army to review the eight initiatives and issue a report on their compliance with DOD policies by late 1991. The Army wrote a report and issued it in November 1991 and submitted it to the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should direct the Secretary of the Army to prohibit funding for any other initiative, the purpose of which is to achieve a corporate database capability, until the Army adequately justifies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense and Congress the mission need and potential economic benefit of an Army-wide corporate database. |
DOD plans to monitor Army efforts through the quarterly reporting process to ensure that the management direction established for data-base initiatives is effective in solving the problems GAO identified.
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