United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1998-09-29 monographic deposited born digital 35 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-98-242 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-242 P0b002ee18037c118 f:ns98242 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-242 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-242 NSIAD-98-242 Private sector practices ADP Projections Systems design Cost effectiveness analysis Information resources management Information technology Strategic information systems planning Systems conversions Y2K Letter Report NSIAD The State Department is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to replace its antiquated information technology with modern hardware and software. In January 1997, the Department issued its five-year, $2.7 billion information resource management (IRM) strategic plan designed to achieve several key goals by the end of fiscal year 2001. These goals include (1) installing Year 2000 compliant hardware and software throughout State, (2) upgrading State's information technology infrastructure, and (3) instituting professional management principles in all aspects of State's information technology operations. In light of disappointing results from State's earlier modernization efforts and widely publicized accounts of failed and costly modernization programs at other federal agencies, this report examines the soundness of State's approach to modernizing its information technology infrastructure. GAO provides information and analysis on State's progress in implementing key information technology oversight and investment planning requirements mandated by law and Office of Management and Budget guidance. GAO also examines the soundness of the five-year cost estimate included in the Department's IRM strategic plan and whether this amount incorporates potential cost savings and efficiencies from State's modernization efforts. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-242/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-242.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-242/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-242.pdf GAO/NSIAD-98-242 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-242 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-98-242; Department of State IRM: Modernization Program at Risk; Private sector practices ADP Projections Systems design Cost effectiveness analysis Information resources management Information technology Strategic information systems planning Systems conversions Y2K Volume 107 Page 285 107 Stat. 285 Volume 109 Page 163 109 Stat. 163 Volume 110 Page 679 110 Stat. 679 Public Law 103-62 Public Law 104-13 Public Law 104-106