Strategic Defense Initiative Program: Better Management Direction and Controls Needed

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Report Type	Reports and Testimonies
Report Date	Nov. 27, 1987
Report No.	NSIAD-88-26
Subject	Defense capabilities Aerospace research Air defense systems Software Contract termination Military research and development Research program management Systems design DOD Systems Analysis and Battle Management Program SDI Strategic Defense Initiative Program Weapons systems

Summary:

In response to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) Strategic Defense Initiative Organization's (SDIO) management of the Systems Analysis and Battle Management (SABM) Program.

GAO found that: (1) inadequate direction and planning of some research efforts within the SABM program resulted in inefficiencies because SDIO terminated the contracts before completing intended work; (2) inadequate SDIO oversight of work directives resulted in a lack of approval for 47 percent of the total dollar value of the planned research; (3) SDIO made little progress in integrating system and battle management architecture; and (4) inadequate documentation existed because SDIO did not develop a formal internal management control program.

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