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Report Type	Reports and Testimonies
Report Date	April 24, 1990
Report No.	IMTEC-90-32
Subject	Electronic data processing Data transmission Information resources management Information systems Strategic planning Systems management Coast Guard Acquisition Management Information System Coast Guard Automated Mutual Vessel Emergency Rescue System Coast Guard Aviation Management Information System Coast Guard Law Enforcement Information System Coast Guard Marine Safety Information System Coast Guard Personnel Assignment Management Information System Coast Guard Search and Rescue Data Base System Coast Guard Vessel Identification Information System Centralization

Summary:

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Coast Guard's: (1) management of major automated systems; and (2) development of information resource management (IRM) policies and procedures.

GAO found that: (1) the Coast Guard had difficulty getting basic information that it needed to carry out its mission, since information was not readily available or easily transferable among Coast Guard units; (2) the Coast Guard spent over $500 million on the development, purchase, operation, and maintenance of its information systems, but automated systems continued to impede program operations and management; (3) the lack of top-level leadership and a strategic IRM plan made it difficult to ensure that current and proposed system development would support Coast Guard missions and goals; (4) inadequate policies, standards, and procedures jeopardized the development, evaluation, implementation, and review of information systems; and (5) the Coast Guard focused its system modernization efforts on correcting technology problems without reassessing the basic purposes and uses of its information systems.

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