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AIMD-94-197R 1 (1994-09-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackrf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Accounting and Information Management Division B-258422 September 30, 1994 The Honorable John Glenn Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate The Honorable Martin Sabo Chairman, Committee on the Budget House of Representatives As agreed with your offices, this letter provides a preliminary response to your February 4, 1994, request that we review the status of the Department of Defense's (DOD) Continuous Acquisition and Life-Cycle Support (CALS) initiative. The objective of this automation effort, one of Defense's most ambitious, is to digitize the vast amount of weapon systems life-cycle management data currently on paper. Defense plans to use CALS to decrease weapon systems management support costs, help ensure the readiness of military forces, increase cooperation with industry and international partners, and posture cornerstone systems for the National Information Infrastructure. In response to your request for early feedback on CALS, we have formulated and answered questions to highlight our initial observations and concerns. These are contained in the enclosure to this letter. This objective of this letter was to focus on two key programs of the CALS initiative: (1) the Joint Computer-aided Acquisition and Logistics Support (JCALS) and (2) the Joint Engineering Data Management Information Control System (JEDMICS). We also are addressing the impact of the recently tested Automated Document Conversion System (ADCS) on the CALS initiative and the stated justification for using noncompetitive procedures to expand the Army-specific CALS contract to a DOD-wide scope. BACKGROUND The volume of paper-based technical information necessary to support weapon systems management from cradle to grave is DOD's CALS Initiative GAO/AIMD-94-197R

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