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 2005-10-28 monographic deposited born digital 65 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-11 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-11 P0b002ee180387e27 f:d0611 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-11 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-11 GAO-06-11 Information resources management Information technology IT investment management IT policies IT standards Management information systems Policy evaluation Program evaluation Systems design Systems evaluation HHS Unified Financial Management System Other Written Product A40577 The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is one of the largest federal agencies, the nation's largest health insurer, and the largest grant- making agency in the federal government. The department manages over 300 programs that serve to improve the health and well-being of the American public and is comprised of several component agencies covering a wide range of activities including conducting and sponsoring medical and social science research, guarding against the outbreak of infectious diseases, assuring the safety of food and drugs, and providing health care services and insurance. It also manages and funds a variety of information technology (IT) initiatives ranging from those facilitating the payment of claims for Medicare and Medicaid services to those supporting health surveillance and communications. In fiscal year 2006, the department plans to spend over $5 billion on information technology--the third largest IT expenditure in the federal budget. As we agreed with Congress, our objectives were to (1) assess the department's capabilities for managing its IT investments and (2)determine any plans the department might have for improving those capabilities. To address these objectives, we analyzed documents and interviewed agency officials to (1)validate and update HHS's self-assessments of key practices in the framework and (2)evaluate HHS's plans for improving its capabilities. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-11/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-11.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-11/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-11.pdf GAO-06-11 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-11 Other Written Product GAO-06-11; Information Technology: HHS Has Several Investment Management Capabilities in Place, but Needs to Address Key Weaknesses; Information resources management Information technology IT investment management IT policies IT standards Management information systems Policy evaluation Program evaluation Systems design Systems evaluation HHS Unified Financial Management System