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IMTEC-93-7R 1 (1992-12-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackfp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States General Accounting Offmce Washington, D.C. 20548 Information Management and Technology Division B-238836 December 9, 1992 The Honorable Jack Brooks Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives 148482 Dear Mr. Chairman: In response to your December 19, 1991, request, this letter discusses the Department of Justice's implementation of recommendations made by the House Committee on the Judiciary in its November 26, 1991, investigative report, Deficiencies In The DeDartment of Justice Award And Manaqement Of Its Prolect Eaale ADP Procurement. Specifically you asked us to review what progress Justice has made in responding to the Committee's recommendations to improve automated data processing (ADP) management and procurement. RESULTS IN BRIEF The Department of Justice has made some progress in implementing the Committee's nine recommendations. It has partially implemented the Committee's recommendations relating to the EAGLE' procurement. In response to the recommendation that no additional equipment orders be placed with Tisoft, Inc.,2 under the EAGLE contract, Justice has stopped ordering additional personal computers used as EAGLE workstations; however, the Department continues to place new orders involving millions of dollars' worth of other equipment from the EAGLE contractor. As the Committee recommended, Justice has initiated a new price competition for EAGLE-compatible equipment. The Committee also recommended that Justice commence hearings to determine if 1 EAGLE stands for Enhanced Automation for the Government Legal Environment. The..network is composedof integrated subsystems with 12,000 workstations at 200 sites nationwide, processing such sensitive information as the names of undercover agents and witnesses. 2 Tisoft, Inc., located in Fairfax, Virginia, was awarded the EAGLE contract by the Justice Department in June 1989. GAO/IMTEC-93-7R, JUSTICE: IRM and Project EAGLE ftD a (I i9 0. U

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