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 2006-03-29 monographic deposited born digital 39 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-598T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-598T P0b002ee180373871 f:d06598t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-598T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-598T GAO-06-598T Decision making Enterprise architecture Homeland security Information resources management Information security Information technology Internal controls IT human capital IT investment management Management information systems Risk management Strategic planning Testimony A50481 Information technology (IT) is a critical tool for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), not only in performing its mission today, but also in transforming how it will do so in the future. In light of the importance of this transformation and the magnitude of the associated challenges, GAO has designated the implementation of the department and its transformation as high risk. GAO has reported that in order to effectively leverage IT as a transformation tool, DHS needs to establish certain institutional management controls and capabilities, such as having an enterprise architecture and making informed portfolio-based decisions across competing IT investments. GAO has also reported that it is critical for the department to implement these controls and associated best practices on its many IT investments. In its past work, GAO has made numerous recommendations on DHS institutional controls and on individual IT investment projects. The testimony is based on GAO's body of work in these areas, covering the state of DHS IT management both on the institutional level and the individual program level. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-598T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-598T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-598T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-598T.pdf GAO-06-598T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-598T Testimony GAO-06-598T; Homeland Security: Progress Continues, but Challenges Remain on Department's Management of Information Technology; Decision making Enterprise architecture Homeland security Information resources management Information security Information technology Internal controls IT human capital IT investment management Management information systems Risk management Strategic planning Volume 116 Page 2946 116 Stat. 2946 Public Law 104-106 Public Law 107-347