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 2008-05-12 monographic deposited born digital 56 p. GA 1.13:GAO-08-519 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-519 P0b002ee18037b273 f:d08519 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-519 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-519 GAO-08-519 Defense capabilities Defense cost control Defense operations Enterprise architecture Evaluation criteria Federal agency reorganization Information technology Internal controls Military forces Program evaluation Program management Strategic planning Systems analysis Systems conversions Systems evaluation Systems integration Systems management Business planning Business transformation GAO High Risk Series Other Written Product A82090

In 1995, GAO designated Department of Defense (DOD) business systems modernization as a high-risk program, and the program remains on the high-risk list today. A key to successful systems modernization is having and using an enterprise architecture as an authoritative frame of reference, or blueprint, for system investment decisions. To assist DOD in modernizing its business systems, Congress passed legislation consistent with prior GAO recommendations for DOD to develop and implement a business enterprise architecture (BEA). In response, DOD developed a corporate BEA that it intends to federate, or extend, to the military departments and defense agencies. To support GAO's legislative mandate to review DOD's BEA, GAO evaluated the status of the Air Force, Navy, and Army architecture programs. To accomplish this, GAO used its Enterprise Architecture Management Maturity Framework and associated evaluation method. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-519/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-519.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-519/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-519.pdf GAO-08-519 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-519 Other Written Product GAO-08-519; DOD Business Systems Modernization: Military Departments Need to Strengthen Management of Enterprise Architecture Programs; Defense capabilities Defense cost control Defense operations Enterprise architecture Evaluation criteria Federal agency reorganization Information technology Internal controls Military forces Program evaluation Program management Strategic planning Systems analysis Systems conversions Systems evaluation Systems integration Systems management Business planning Business transformation GAO High Risk Series Title 40 Section 11315 40 U.S.C. 11315 Volume 118 Page 1811 118 Stat. 1811 Public Law 108-375