Tax Systems Modernization: Status of Planning and Technical Foundation
(Testimony, 03/02/94, GAO/T-AIMD/GGD-94-104).

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is better off this year but is not
yet ready to successfully build Tax Systems Modernization (TSM) systems.
First, IRS has not defined its business needs in detail, which hampers
TSM projects. Second, major gaps in technical and management standards
put IRS at risk that systems built today may not connect to systems
produced in the future and that systems placed into operation may be
plagued with logistical and operational problems.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-AIMD/GGD-94-104
     TITLE:  Tax Systems Modernization: Status of Planning and Technical 
             Foundation
      DATE:  03/02/94
   SUBJECT:  Tax administration
             Tax administration systems
             Computerized information systems
             Productivity
             Systems conversions
             ADP procurement
             Systems design
             Records management
             Systems management
             Information processing operations
IDENTIFIER:  IRS Tax System Modernization Program
             TSM
             IRS Corporate Accounts Processing System
             IRS Workload Management System
             
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