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 2007-04-27 monographic deposited born digital 43 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-424 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-424 P0b002ee18037716c f:d07424 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-424 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-424 GAO-07-424 Best practices Enterprise architecture Homeland security Information systems investments Information technology Internal controls IT investment management Strategic planning Systems analysis Systems design Systems evaluation Policies and procedures Other Written Product A68846 The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) relies extensively on information technology (IT) to carry out its mission. For fiscal year 2008, DHS requested about $4 billion--the third largest planned IT expenditure among federal departments. Given the size and significance of DHS's IT investments, GAO's objectives were to determine whether DHS (1) has established the management structure and associated policies and procedures needed to effectively manage these investments and (2) is implementing key practices needed to effectively control them. GAO used its IT Investment Management (ITIM) framework and associated methodology to address these objectives, focusing on the framework's stages related to the investment management provisions of the Clinger-Cohen Act. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-424/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-424.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-424/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-424.pdf GAO-07-424 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-424 Other Written Product GAO-07-424; Information Technology: DHS Needs to Fully Define and Implement Policies and Procedures for Effectively Managing Investments; Best practices Enterprise architecture Homeland security Information systems investments Information technology Internal controls IT investment management Strategic planning Systems analysis Systems design Systems evaluation Policies and procedures