United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2004-03-03 monographic deposited born digital 22 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-478T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-478T P0b002ee180373f10 f:d04478t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-478T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-478T GAO-04-478T Agency evaluation Agency missions Federal agencies Financial management General management reviews Information technology Performance measures Strategic planning Testimony A09419

The federal government spends billions of dollars annually on information technology (IT) investments that are critical to the effective implementation of major government programs. To help agencies effectively manage their substantial IT investments, the Congress has established a statutory framework of requirements and roles and responsibilities relating to information and technology management, that addresses, for example, (1) IT strategic planning/performance measurement (which defines what an organization seeks to accomplish, identifies the strategies it will use to achieve desired results, and then determines how well it is succeeding in reaching resultsoriented goals and achieving objectives) and (2) IT investment management (which involves selecting, controlling, and evaluating investments). GAO was asked to summarize its January 2004 report on IT strategic planning/performance measurement and investment management (Information Technology Management: Governmentwide Strategic Planning, Performance Measurement, and Investment Management Can Be Further Improved, GAO-04-49, January 12, 2004) and to discuss how agencies can improve their performance in these areas. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-478T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-478T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-478T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-478T.pdf GAO-04-478T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-478T Testimony GAO-04-478T; Information Technology Management: Improvements Needed in Strategic Planning, Performance Measurement, and Investment Management Governmentwide; Agency evaluation Agency missions Federal agencies Financial management General management reviews Information technology Performance measures Strategic planning Title 31 Section 901 31 U.S.C. 901