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AIMD-96-62R 1 (1996-03-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptadnb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Accounting and Information Management Division B-271371 March 8, 1996 The Honorable John J. Hamre Comptroller Department of Defense Dear Dr. Hamre: This letter responds to your, staff s January 17, 1996, and February 16, 1996, letters that requested our views on whether (1) the pilot test of an Air Force automated travel system we sanctioned in February 19951 could be expanded from 2 to 18 sites, (2) the electronic signatures generated by the Corps of Engineers electronic signature system can be used for travel claims at another site, (3) for 12 additional sites, disbursing officers need to review and retain the paper copies of travel documents, and (4) the Fortezza2 system can be used to generate adequate electronic signatures. We support the Department of Defense's (DOD) efforts to evaluate the costs and risks of different signature techniques and encourage such an analysis. We believe that the results will not only help DOD but other agencies as well. In making your final determination, DOD should have external parties, such as the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which has computer security responsibilities, and the Department of Justice, which has the responsibility for prosecuting travel fraud, concur with your final recommendations. This should help ensure widespread acceptance. We reviewed the material attached to the requests and other information provided by your staff and, as discussed below, sanction the expanded use of an Air Force automated travel system to the 18 sites listed in enclosure I, sanction the proposed operation of another automated travel system at the Waterways Experiment Station (Vicksburg, Mississippi) which will use the Corps of Engineers's electronic signature system previously sanctioned by GAO,3 and 'Air Force Automated Travel System (GAO/AIMD-95-74R, February 14, 1995). 2A key component in DOD's Multi-level Information System Security Initiative is the Fortezza security system. Fortezza is envisioned to provide both data integrity and confidentiality services for a variety of applications. 3Corps of Engineers Electronic Signatures and Travel Receipts (GAO/AIMD-95-236R, September 20, 1995). GAO/AIMD-96-62R DOD's Reengineered Travel System Efforts Page 1

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