From: FedScoop
The Office of Management and Budget’s IT Dashboard is supposed to be a trusted source for transparently analyzing the quality of federal IT investments and reducing duplication. But according to a new Government Accountability Office report, the dashboard is not living up to its promise.
To begin with, GAO’s investigation of OMB’s IT Dashboard found that the tool isn’t as accurate as it should be. Of the the 759 major IT investments across 27 agencies listed on the website with varying degrees of risk, many of the ratings inaccurately reflected the investment’s likelihood of achieving its stated goals. GAO also “identified issues with the accuracy and reliability of cost and schedule data,” according to the report.
The Defense Department, which controls one of the largest IT budgets in the world, was among the agencies lacking accuracy in its IT investment reports.
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