Summary: Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Army's fiscal year (FY) 1990: (1) $144-million automatic data processing (ADP) budget request for the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) and Forces Command (FORSCOM); (2) $53-million request to modernize and redesign six standard Army software systems and the potential impact on the planned replacement of the $1-billion Army Standard Information Management System (ASIMS); and (3) $107-million request to purchase microcomputers from indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contracts.
GAO found that the: (1) validity of the requirements for the $1.4 billion in information system initiatives identified in TRADOC and FORSCOM plans was questionable because TRADOC and FORSCOM had not fully complied with the Army's Information Resources Management (IRM) Program; (2) Army may limit its options for replacing ASIMS, because it has not completed a strategy for the future ADP hardware environment, but has begun modernizing six standard software systems to run on the present hardware system; and (3) Army's request for microcomputer purchases from indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contracts may not be fully supported by valid requirements because major commands that can order microcomputers from the contracts have not updated requirements studies or prepared information architectures.
