Information Management: Need for a Chief Information Officer for the
General Services Administration (Testimony, 03/24/94, GAO/T-AIMD-94-98).

Effective information management--along with effective program
management, human resource management, and financial management--plays a
critical role in meeting an agency's mission and program objectives. In
January 1994 testimony (GAO/T-OCG-94-1), the Comptroller General
underscored the need for agencies to hire chief information officers who
can help senior management (1) define strategic information management
priorities and (2) support program officials and the chief financial
officer in defining information needs and developing strategies,
systems, and capabilities to meet those needs. This testimony focuses on
the need to establish a chief information officer within the General
Services Administration, which manages billions of dollars in federal
property, administers the government's telephone service, and
participates in the technology acquisitions of each federal agency.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-AIMD-94-98
     TITLE:  Information Management: Need for a Chief Information 
             Officer for the General Services Administration
      DATE:  03/24/94
   SUBJECT:  Financial management systems
             Federal agency reorganization
             Management information systems
             Internal controls
             General management reviews
             Information resources management
             Strategic information systems planning
             Information systems analysis
IDENTIFIER:  GMR
             TQM
             
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