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 1995-09-22 monographic deposited born digital 59 p. GA 1.13:AIMD-95-203 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-203 P0b002ee180378278 f:ai95203 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-203 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-203 AIMD-95-203 Telecommunications operations Federal procurement Cost effectiveness analysis Cost control Communications equipment Information resources management Strategic information systems planning Financial management Agricultural programs Computer networks FTS 2000 Federal Telecommunications System 2000 Chapter Report AIMD

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) management and planning of its telecommunications resources, focusing on whether USDA is: (1) managing its telecommunications resources cost-effectively; and (2) planning telecommunications networks to support its information sharing needs.<p/>GAO found that: (1) USDA is not cost-effectively managing its annual $100 million telecommunications investment; (2) USDA agencies waste millions of dollars each year paying for unnecessary telecommunications services and equipment, because the Office of Information Resources Management (OIRM) has not fulfilled its responsibility to manage and oversee USDA telecommunications resources; (3) USDA is not effectively planning its telecommunications networks and ensuring that they can support its information sharing needs for the future; and (4) OIRM continues to approve the acquisition and development of costly new agency networks that overlap and do not support interagency information sharing. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-203/html/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-203.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-203/pdf/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-203.pdf GAO/AIMD-95-203 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-203 Chapter Report GAO/AIMD-95-203; USDA Telecommunications: Better Management and Network Planning Could Save Millions; Telecommunications operations Federal procurement Cost effectiveness analysis Cost control Communications equipment Information resources management Strategic information systems planning Financial management Agricultural programs Computer networks FTS 2000 Federal Telecommunications System 2000 Title 31 Section 3512(b) 31 U.S.C. 3512(b) Title 44 Section 3501-3520 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520 Volume 108 Page 3209 108 Stat. 3209 Public Law 103-354 Title 7 Part 2.81 7 CFR Part 2.81