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 2007-06-13 monographic deposited born digital 22 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-900 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-900 P0b002ee180383b78 f:d07900 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-900 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-900 GAO-07-900 Federal procurement Homeland security Internal controls Procurement evaluation Procurement planning Procurement policy Procurement practices Program evaluation Strategic planning Lessons learned Executive agency oversight Program implementation Other Written Product A70669 The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the third largest department in federal procurement spending in fiscal year 2006, has faced ongoing cost, schedule, and performance problems with major acquisitions and procurement of services. In December 2005, DHS established an acquisition oversight program to provide insight into and improve components' acquisition programs. In 2006, GAO reported that DHS faced challenges in implementing its program. Congress mandated that DHS develop an oversight plan and tasked GAO with analyzing the plan. GAO (1) evaluated actions DHS and its components have taken to implement the acquisition oversight plan and (2) identified implementation challenges. GAO also identified opportunities for strengthening oversight conducted through the plan. GAO reviewed relevant DHS documents and GAO and DHS Inspector General reports and interviewed officials in the office of the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) and nine DHS components. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-900/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-900.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-900/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-900.pdf GAO-07-900 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-900 Other Written Product GAO-07-900; Department of Homeland Security: Progress and Challenges in Implementing the Department's Acquisition Oversight Plan; Federal procurement Homeland security Internal controls Procurement evaluation Procurement planning Procurement policy Procurement practices Program evaluation Strategic planning Lessons learned Executive agency oversight Program implementation