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 2004-05-19 monographic deposited born digital 40 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-798T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-798T P0b002ee180378e93 f:d04798t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-798T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-798T GAO-04-798T Information technology Strategic planning Performance measures Productivity in government Enterprise architecture Testimony A10140

The concept of enterprise architecture emerged in the mid- 1980s as a means for optimizing integration and interoperability across organizations. In the early 1990s, GAO research of successful public and private sector organizations led it to identify enterprise architecture as a critical success factor for agencies that are attempting to modernize their information technology (IT) environments. Since then, GAO has repeatedly identified the lack of an enterprise architecture as a key management weakness in major modernization programs at a number of federal agencies. It has also collaborated with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the federal Chief Information Officers (CIO) Council to develop architecture guidance. In 2002, OMB began developing the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA), an initiative intended to guide and constrain federal agencies' enterprise architectures and IT investments. GAO was asked to testify on the status of the FEA and on the state of federal agencies' development and use of enterprise architectures. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-798T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-798T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-798T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-798T.pdf GAO-04-798T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-798T Testimony GAO-04-798T; Information Technology: The Federal Enterprise Architecture and Agencies' Enterprise Architectures Are Still Maturing; Information technology Strategic planning Performance measures Productivity in government Enterprise architecture Title 40 Section 11315 40 U.S.C. 11315 Public Law 104-106 Public Law 107-347