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IG Cites Continued Shortcomings in Acquisition of DHS Human Resource System

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, July 10th, 2017

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A four-year old program designed to provide the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with an integrated and automated employee performance and learning management system falls short of meeting operational requirements and has failed to achieve expected cost savings, according to an internal audit report.DHS entered the Performance and Learning Management System (PALMS) into operations in Jan. 2015 “without verifying that 131 of 481 (27 percent) operational requirements were functional and in compliance with system specifications,” the Inspector General office says…

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