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Air Force

Air Force’s DEAMS $2 Billion Over Original Lifecycle Cost Estimate, DOT&E Says

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013

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The Air Force’s Defense Enterprise Accounting and Management System (DEAMS) is 7.5 years behind schedule and its original lifecycle cost estimate has more than quintupled to over $2 billion, according to the Defense Department’s director, operational test & evaluation (DOT&E) office. In its fiscal year 2012 annual report to Congress, DOT&E said DEAMS could already be the target of fraud or theft due to inconsistent telecommuting policies, information assurance (IA) vulnerabilities, inadequate control of budget targets and large account imbalances.…

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