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GAO: Recent DHS Acquisition Management Efforts A Step Forward But Still Fall Short

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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

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By Calvin Biesecker Oversight of major acquisition programs at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been improving, particularly in the past year with new management guidance, but still falls short of meeting best program management practices codified in federal law, a government auditor said yesterday. Lacking these best practices and management controls, there will likely be inconsistencies in "investment selection and prioritization decisions" and in "investment oversight decisions," Randolph Hite, director, Information Technology Architecture and Systems Issues at the…

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Army

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