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The GAO Reports document outlines the challenges faced by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in managing its IT systems, particularly in modernizing its health information and financial management systems. The VA has struggled with implementing major IT projects, leading to delays, cost overruns, and user dissatisfaction. The GAO has provided 20 recommendations to improve VA's IT acquisitions and management, emphasizing the importance of stakeholder engagement, necessary knowledge and skills, and regular communication with contractors. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is a non-copyrighted entity that supports Congress in overseeing federal programs and policies, providing reports and recommendations to aid informed decision-making. [Extracted from the article]

The GAO report examines the effects of restrictive software licensing practices on federal agencies' cloud computing services, with five out of six agencies reporting cost increases and limitations on cloud service provider choices. The report emphasizes the importance of updating guidance to manage risks associated with these practices and offers recommendations for executive action. While some agencies have minimized restrictions by using a single cloud provider, this strategy also poses the risk of vendor lock-in. None of the agencies had fully established guidance for managing impacts from restrictive practices, prompting recommendations to update guidance and assign responsibility for managing potential impacts. [Extracted from the article]

The Small Business Administration (SBA) launched the Unified Certification Platform project in 2023 to simplify certification processes for small businesses seeking contracting assistance. However, the system's deployment was delayed due to identified issues during testing. The SBA faces challenges in implementing leading IT management practices, which may lead to further delays. The document evaluates the UCP project's cost estimate against best practices, noting areas where it meets or falls short of standards. [Extracted from the article]

The given document is a report from the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) titled "DIGITAL EXPERIENCE: Agency Compliance with Statutory Requirements." The report focuses on the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (21st Century IDEA), which required federal websites and digital services to meet certain modernization requirements. The report found that the 24 Chief Financial Officers Act agencies did not consistently address these requirements in their reports, with some agencies not addressing any requirements. The lack of reporting guidance and inconsistent interpretation of compliance contributed to the inconsistent reporting. The Office of Management and Budget issued guidance in September 2023 to clarify compliance, and continued oversight is recommended to assess progress in delivering better digital services to the public. [Extracted from the article]

The Department of Defense (DOD) has successfully implemented its new electronic health record (EHR) system, MHS GENESIS, at military treatment facilities. However, there are still challenges in integrating the system with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and resolving workflow and configuration differences. User satisfaction rates for the new system have improved but are generally lower than rates for legacy systems and private-sector users. There are also ongoing issues with the dental module of the EHR system. Recommendations have been made to address integration barriers, establish user satisfaction goals, and find an alternative to the dental module. The implementation of the EHR system at the Federal Health Care Center (FHCC) in North Chicago involved multiple groups from DOD and VA, but further integration opportunities exist. Challenges with hiring permanent staff have also been reported. The FHCC aims to exchange information between systems as much as possible and is working to resolve differences in system configurations between DOD and VA. The executive agreement between DOD and VA regarding EHR integration at the FHCC did not achieve convergence on most topics, requiring further integration efforts. User satisfaction issues with MHS GENESIS and the lack of established goals for improvement are highlighted. Challenges with the dental module and the absence of a resolution or alternative plan are also mentioned. The report provides recommendations to address these challenges and improve the EHR system. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on the Technology Modernization Fund's (TMF) challenges in achieving anticipated cost savings despite substantial allocated amounts. It covers the approved projects, awarded funds, estimated versus actual cost savings, completion status, and whether agencies employed full and open competition for IT projects, examining that only a portion of completed projects achieved anticipated savings while most projects await further assessment.

The article focuses on the impact of restrictive software licensing practices on Department of Defense (DOD) cloud computing efforts. Topics include increased costs due to additional vendor fees, limitations on cloud service providers and the need for interoperability. It also mentioned that DOD lacks comprehensive guidance and plans to identify, analyze, and mitigate these impacts, posing risks to cloud computing projects.

The article focuses on the challenges faced by states in modernizing their unemployment insurance (UI) Information Technology (IT) systems and the need for further assistance from the Department of Labor (DOL) to overcome these challenges. The topics include the varying phases of modernization efforts in different states, the successes and challenges in the modernization process, and the gaps in DOL's management and oversight of states' UI IT performance.

The article focuses on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) challenges in implementing the Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program. It reports that the organizational change management activities for the program were partially consistent with leading practices, leading to user dissatisfaction and unresolved system issues.

The article focuses on the application of basic principles by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to control information and communications technology (ICT) supply chain risks. It includes that, while DOD has completely and partially adopted policies, it emphasizes DOD's leadership and support in government-wide efforts to protect the ICT supply chain, as well as its participation in the Federal Acquisition Security Council.

The article discusses how the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has procured IT and IT-related assets and activities without the necessary approval from its Chief Information Officer (CIO), as required by the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA). How contracting systems lack automated controls will continue to hinder compliance. This lack of oversight could result in poorly planned or duplicative contracts.

The article focuses on the challenges faced by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in implementing the Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program. It highlights the deficiencies in VA's organizational change management strategies, user satisfaction with the new EHR system, and identification and resolution of system issues. It presents recommendations to address the issues and ensure successful implementation of the EHRM program.

The article focuses on federal agencies reported mixed progress in meeting the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) data center optimization targets. It mentions U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) targets consist of virtualization, data center availability, advance energy metering, and underutilized servers. It also mentions GAO has made 126 recommendations since 2016 to help agencies meet their Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI) targets.

The article present the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the information technology (IT) and cybersecurity. It further discusses about the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) and the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014; management of IT acquisitions and operations as well as the cybersecurity of the nation as areas on its high-risk list; and also mentions about enhancing the cybersecurity component.

The article focuses on the U.S. Government Accountability Office's (GAO) review of the government-wide adoption of the Technology Business Management Council's framework by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and General Services Administration (GSA). Topics discussed include the objective of the framework, limitations in the adoption of the framework by OMB and GSA, and recommendations from the GAO to the OMB and GSA to strengthen adoption of the framework.

The article focuses on the U.S. Government Accountability Office's review of the progress of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and General Services Administration (GSA) in the government-wide adoption of the Technology Business Management Council's framework. Topics discussed include the objective of the framework, limitations in the progress and results of the adoption by the OMB and GSA, and recommendations to the OMB and GSA to improve its adoption of the framework.

The article presents the U.S. Government Accountability Office report which provides an overview of scorecards issued by Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act Subcommittee. It mentions it has issued scorecards as an oversight tool to monitor agencies' progress in implementing various statutory information technology provisions and addressing other key information technology issues.

The article presents the U.S. Government Accountability Office report which examines the extent to which the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (the Office) implemented selected leading information technology workforce planning and management practices. It mentions the Office substantially implemented practices in the performance management area, but was less successful in recruitment and hiring and training and development, and the role of Chief Information Officer.

The article presents the U.S. Government Accountability Office report which examines the extent to which Department of Defense's (DOD's) planned cloud strategy addresses key requirements in the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB's) federal cloud strategy. It mentions DOD is using Technology Business Management to track and report spending data for cloud services for identifying the future skills needed for cloud-based services and conducting evaluations of customer experiences.

The article reports Military Health System (MHS) GENESIS launched by The Department of Defense (DOD) of U.S. Topics discussed include deployment of MHS Genesis with intention to integrate inpatient and outpatient medical and dental information in 2017, MHS GENESIS's cost estimate and United States Government Accountability Office cost guide, and errors and reliability issues in subproject schedules which would be reflected in higher-level schedules.

The article discusses the highlights of a U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report which examines the challenges in implementing the unemployment insurance (UI) programs created by the Congress during the Covid-19 pandemic in the U.S. Topics include the problem with program design and variation in how states administer UI and its contribution to the declining access and disparities in benefit distribution, and an increase in the risk of UI improper payments including from fraud.

The article presents a report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office on U.S. Congress enacted federal information technology acquisition reform legislation known as FITARA, which included provisions related to ongoing federal data center consolidation efforts. It mentions that federal agencies has continued to report mixed progress against Office of Management and Budget's targets.

The article discusses the Government Accountability Office (GAO) review of the electronic health record modernization (EHRM) data management plans of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). It explains the importance of health data in the VA EHR system and corporate data warehouse to its mission. It mentions the successful migration of selected data to the EHR system prior to the system deployment in 2020. It cites the failure of VA to ensure data quality in the migration.

The article focuses on the report from U.S. Government Accountability Office on Subcommittee's biannual scorecards initially focused on agencies' progress in implementing statutory provisions. It mentions that provisions contained in the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) on topics such as incremental development and data center consolidation.

The article presents a study by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the accomplishments of the Department of Defense's (DOD) implementation of a new electronic health record system at its Military Health System (MHS). Also cited are the beneficiaries of the MHS like service members, retirees and family members, and the steps take by the DOD in addressing challenges and risks to its MHS GENESIS program.

The article presents the discussion on Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Financial Management Business Transformation (FMBT) program beginning the implemention of the Integrated Financial and Acquisition Management System (iFAMS). Topics include meeting practices for program governance, Agile project management, and defect management; and increasing operational efficiency, flexibility, and scalability using a modern enterprise resource planning solution to provide real-time integration.

The article focuses on the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI) by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO) started aimed to reduce the number of data centers that were outdated or duplicative. It mentions agencies' progress on data center closures and the related savings that have been achieved, and agencies' plans for future closures and savings.

The article presents the discussion on Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) making progress towards implementing new electronic health record (EHR) system by making system configuration decisions. Topics include Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) containing the department's electronic health record (EHR) and exchanges information; and containing VA Medical Centers, outpatient clinics, community living centers, and VA vet centers.

The article reports that civilian Chief Financial Officers Act agencies had implemented seven selected foundational practices for managing information and communications technology (ICT) supply chain risks. It mentions that supply chain risk management (SCRM) is the process of identifying, assessing, and mitigating the risks associated with the global and distributed nature of ICT product and service supply chains.

The article presents the Federal agencies undertaking information technology (IT) acquisitions being essential to missions. Topics include factors such as shutting down legacy systems, eliminating physical paper processing, improving security, monitoring, and management; delaying in defining the cost, schedule, and budget cuts; and suffering from a lack of disciplined and effective management, such as project planning, requirements definition, and governance.

The article presents a report of the U.S. Government Accountability Office recommending the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure the involvement of medical facility stakeholders in the Electronic health records (EHR) system configuration decision process. Topics include the assessment of VA made EHR system configuration decisions; and the effectiveness of VA's decision-making procedures.

The article presents a reports of the U.S. Government Accountability Office on the involvement of private citizens including Isaac Perlmutter, Bruce Moskowitz, and Marc Sherman in Veterans Affairs (VA) activities and decision-making. Topics include review of activities related to the development of mobile applications to access health records; the implementation of a medical device registry summit; and veterans' suicide prevention and mental health awareness efforts.

The article focuses on a study from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) which examine adoption of Agile software development of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). It mentions DHS has fully addressed one of three leading practice areas for organization change management and partially addressed the other two. It also mentions Agile software development, which is focused on incremental and rapid delivery of working software in small segments.

The article offers information on establishment of federal agencies for telecommunications services to Help Reduce Risk of Costly Delays. Topics discussed include agencies' plans for, and status in, transitioning to Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) program; EIS Transition Activities by the General Services Administration; and focus on accurate inventory of telecommunications services, strategic analysis of telecommunications requirements, and develop a transition plan.

The article presents a report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office on planning of implementing information technology (IT) workforce planning activities by federal agencies. Topics discussed include the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996, the E-Government Act of 2002 and the Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Assessment Act of 2015.

The article informs that U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has established staffing requirements and has data to track program staffing. It mentions that monitors whether VA medical centers are meeting departmental requirements for application review timeliness and required contacts. It also mentions that implementation of an information technology system that fully supports the program.

The article presents the U.S. Government Accountability Office report on Department of Defense's implementation of the open source software pilot program. It examines related Office of Management and Budget requirements as mandated by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 for implementing the program.

The article presents the report from Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA). It discussed about the extent of use of VistA, its annual cost and actions VA has taken for transition from VistA to the Cerner system, the modernized system as implemented by department of defense.

The article focuses on a report of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) that identifies the most critical federal legacy systems in need of modernization and evaluates agency plans for modernizing them, and identifies examples of legacy system modernization initiatives that agencies considered successful. It mentions federal agencies identified by GAO including Department of Defense. Department of Education, and Department of Health and Human Services.

The article focuses on a report of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) regarding federal agencies' reported use of cloud services. It discusses selected agencies' progress in implementing cloud services, the extent to which those agencies increased cloud service spending and achieved savings or cost avoidances. It mentions that GAO made recommendations to the Office of Management and Budget.

The article presents a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office on how effective practices have improved agencies' Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) implementation. Topics include the FITARA law included specific requirements related to enhancing chief information officers' (CIO) authorities, improving the risk management of information technology (IT) investments, and reviewing agencies' portfolio of IT investments.

The article discusses the progress at the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI) in obtaing goals for closing data centers. It cites on OMB's data center optimization targets for server utilization and automated monitoring. The article also discusses the selection of agencies that had demonstrated success towards meeting their goals.

The article looks at a report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) which reviews the Grants Management Modernization (GMM) program of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Topics discussed include FEMA is addressing key cybersecurity practices, documentation to practices for process reengineering and requirements management, cost and schedule estimation and grants management processes and incorporating needs into information technology (IT) requirements.

The article presents a report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office on how it is essential to effectively support the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Mission to deal with information technology (IT) management challenges. Topics include the VA made limited progress toward addressing IT system modernization challenges, and VA's management of cybersecurity has also lacked key elements and GAO's four recommendations to increase the authority of its chief information officer.

The article presents the U.S. Government Accountability Office's (GAO) review of the Secret Service's oversight of its information technology (IT) portfolio and workforce. Topics covered include the extent to which the Secret Service's chief information officer implemented IT oversight responsibilities. The GAO also made several recommendations that include the establishment of a process that ensures the review of all IT contracts.

The article offers information on a report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) that recommends several U.S. Departments including Energy, Health and Human Services, improving chief information officers' (CIO) review and approval of information technology (IT) budgets. Topics discussed include provisions of Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA); and role of CIOs in appropriate estimates of all IT resources.

The article offers information on the Social Security Administration (SSA) has improved its management of information technology (IT) acquisitions and operations. It mentions that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has emphasized the need to deliver IT investments in small increments to decrease risk and offer capabilities.

The article discusses the government-wide review of the responsibilities of chief information officers (CIO) by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. Topics mentioned include the extent to which the role of the CIO was addressed by agencies, such as the Office of Management and Budget, factors which enabled and challenged the CIO in fulfilling their duties, and recommendations from GAO for the agencies to improve the effectiveness of the implementation of the responsibilities of the CIO.

The article discusses a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to assess the Department of Defense's (DOD) policies for managing and overseeing major automated information system (MAIS) programs. The GAO also intended to describe the extent to which selected MAIS programs have changed their planned cost and schedule estimates. GAO recommended that DOD update its policy for managing MAIS business programs to include baseline estimates.

The article presents a study published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) focusing on telecommunication in the U.S. Topics discussed include the General Services Administration's (GSA's) telecommunications contract transitions guidance to federal agencies; the need for agencies to apply transition planning practices; and the agencies such as the Department of Agriculture (DOA), the Department of Transportation (DOT), and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEA).