Government Reform: Legislation Would Strengthen Federal Management of
Information and Technology (Testimony, 07/25/95, GAO/T-AIMD-95-205).

The federal government will never be able to greatly improve its
operations and services to taxpayers unless it learns how to take better
advantage of the tremendous opportunities afforded by modern information
technology. Legislation now before Congress--the Information Technology
Management Reform Act of 1995 (S. 946)-- offers many construction ways
to strengthen the government's management of information and technology
and would help reduce the many low-value, high-risk information systems
projects that continue to be developed at great expense without fully
applying modern management practices. This testimony (1) provides a
brief overview of the pervasive nature of the government's information
management problems, (2) contrasts how leading organizations manage
information technology with how federal agencies accomplish this task,
and (3) highlights provisions in S. 946 that could go a long way to
address key accountability and implementation problems that have been
stumbling blocks towards achieving real results.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-AIMD-95-205
     TITLE:  Government Reform: Legislation Would Strengthen Federal 
             Management of Information and Technology
      DATE:  07/25/95
   SUBJECT:  Management information systems
             ADP
             Strategic information systems planning
             Agency missions
             Information resources management
             Comparative analysis
             Systems evaluation
             Cost control
             Productivity
             Requirements definition
IDENTIFIER:  Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1995
             
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