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IMTEC-92-70R 1 (1992-08-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackcv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United State General Accounting Office Wahington, D.C. 20548 Information Management and Technology Division B-249347 August 18, 1992 147365 The Honorable Richard B. Cheney The Secretary of Defense Dear Mr. Secretary: This report describes the results of our risk assessment of the Navy and Air Force's multiagency database machine acquisition.' We identified potential risks to the acquisition's cost, schedule, and ability to meet user needs, employing our recently developed risk assessment methodology, which incorporates critical factors identified in our model of the information technology acquisition process.2 This methodology is designed to provide an early warning to agency management of potential risks so that they can take timely action to address them. We selected this acquisition for review because of its large cost--estimated in excess of $400 million over its 8-year contract life--and because it is in an early stage in the procurement cycle, where corrections are easier to make. Our review focused on agency actions to identify user requirements, develop system specifications, prepare a solicitation document, and design a plan for evaluating vendor proposals. Details of our objectives, scope, and methodology are discussed in enclosure I. RESULTS IN BRIEF Procurement officials in the database machine acquisition involved users extensively in developing system ' A 4atabase machlne manages data, .including storage, retrieval, and processing. The machine offers a fast and efficient way to process large amounts of data. 2 Information Technology: A Model to Help Managers Decrease Acquisition Risks (GAO/IMTEC 8.1.6, August 1990). GAO/IMTEC-92-70R, Database Machine Procurement

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