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 1995-08-03 monographic deposited born digital 21 p. GA 1.13:AIMD-95-165 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-165 P0b002ee180398761 f:ai95165 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-165 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-165 AIMD-95-165 Systems design Systems conversions Strategic materials Nuclear proliferation Strategic information systems planning Nuclear weapons Testing Exporting Cost effectiveness analysis Information systems DOE/NRC Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System Letter Report AIMD The Energy Department (DOE) is attempting to develop a new tracking system to replace its current system for monitoring U.S. imports and exports of nuclear materials. DOE plans to discontinue the existing system and begin operation of the replacement system in September 1995. However, DOE's replacement system is being developed in an undisciplined, poorly controlled manner that makes success unlikely. Planning was inadequate and basic system development practices were not followed. The upshot is that DOE has no guarantee that the replacement system will produce accurate and timely reports before it accepts the system and pays the subcontractor. DOE's disregard for basic system development practices to ensure the accuracy and dependability of its nuclear tracking system is inconsistent with the importance of the Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System, which produces the United States' officials records for tracking nuclear materials. It is not in DOE's best interests, therefore, to disconnect the existing system and replace it with an untested, undocumented new system. The history of software development is littered with systems that failed under similar circumstances. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-165/html/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-165.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-165/pdf/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-165.pdf GAO/AIMD-95-165 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-165 Letter Report GAO/AIMD-95-165; Department of Energy: Poor Management of Nuclear Materials Tracking System Makes Success Unlikely; Systems design Systems conversions Strategic materials Nuclear proliferation Strategic information systems planning Nuclear weapons Testing Exporting Cost effectiveness analysis Information systems DOE/NRC Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System