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DoD misses efficiency opportunities due to poor reporting, says GAO

In searching for efficiencies, the Defense Department may have overlooked opportunities because it lacks complete and reliable information on headquarters resources, according to the Government

DoD ERP implementation woes include feeder systems

Worries about the Defense Department's implementation of enterprise resource planning systems increasingly encompasses data quality from feeder systems. The Army has hired an independent auditor to

Auditors say Army financial ERP program at high risk

An Army enterprise resource planning system--which, if fully implemented, would be one of the world's largest public sector ERPs--is at high risk of running even more over schedule and budget and

VA to open its doors to wider variety of mobile devices

On Oct. 1 the Veterans Affairs Department plans to allow employees access to a "particular set of very popular [mobile] devices," once they are secure and encrypted, said VA Chief Information Officer

DoD business systems oversight not good enough, says GAO

Business systems oversight at the Defense Department continues to fall short, says the Government Accountability Office in a June 29 report. According to data from the Deputy Chief Management

DoD-VA joint electronic health record to be housed in DISA cloud

The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments' integrated electronic health record--or iEHR, as it's being called--will be housed in a cloud computing environment hosted by the Defense Information

Joint DoD, VA EHR agreement is for common architecture, data and data centers

A senior Defense Department official revealed a few more details about what the joint DoD and Veterans Affairs Department electronic health record system will look like while testifying April 6

McGrath: DoD becoming more 'open' to agile, holistic IT acquisition

The Defense Department is coming around to a new way of thinking when it comes to delivering information technology capabilities, said a top DoD official at a Jan. 21 AFCEA NOVA event . The department

New DoD strategic management plan calls for acquisition reform

The fiscal 2011 Defense Department strategic management plan calls for the department to undertake a number of initiatives for reforming the acquisition process. The plan, called "the highest-level

GAO: Army LMP has data quality issues

The Army has no reasonable assurance that data used in a $1.1 billion (so far) enterprise resource planning effort known as the Logistics Modernization Program can support all of LMP's automated