United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Accounting and Information Management Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1993-12-09 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:AIMD-94-17 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-94-17 P0b002ee18038ed62 f:ai94017 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-AIMD-94-17 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-AIMD-94-17 AIMD-94-17 Defense industry Defense communications operations Defense procurement Electronic forms Information resources management Federal forms Requirements definition Systems compatibility Defense cost control DOD Electronic Data Interchange Program CIM DOD Corporate Information Management Initiative Government Acquisition Through Electronic Commerce System Army Standard Automated Contracting System Letter Report AIMD The Defense Department (DOD), realizing that electronic data interchange technology could save it millions of dollars, began a program to standardize electronic business operations and provide a common approach for vendors to conduct business with DOD. With electronic data interchange, business information traditionally conveyed on paper is sent directly between computers without human intervention. DOD estimated that it could save $254 million by 1996 by automating routine business forms and standardizing them. These goals, although laudable, are not being achieved because of a lack of leadership and ineffective, splintered management. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-94-17/html/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-94-17.htm GAO/AIMD-94-17 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-94-17 Letter Report GAO/AIMD-94-17; Defense IRM: Business Strategy Needed for Electronic Data Interchange Program; Defense industry Defense communications operations Defense procurement Electronic forms Information resources management Federal forms Requirements definition Systems compatibility Defense cost control DOD Electronic Data Interchange Program CIM DOD Corporate Information Management Initiative Government Acquisition Through Electronic Commerce System Army Standard Automated Contracting System