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Perceived Barriers to Effective Information Resources Management: Results of GAO Panel Discussions

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Sept. 1, 1992
Report No. IMTEC-92-67
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Summary:

How information resources--hardware, software, data, and people--are acquired and managed is critical to nearly every government program, from exploring space to collecting taxes to sending out social security checks. If federal agencies are to make sound decisions about a host of government programs, they need accurate, complete, and reliable information. Effective information resources management can play a key role in this process. Although the dollar investment in federal information resources management is substantial--at least $20 billion a year--results have been uneven. To discover why so little progress has been made, GAO sought the opinions of experts in government and private industry. GAO held a series of panel discussions during the summer and fall of 1991 on the barriers to effective federal information resources management. This publication presents the results of these panel discussions and highlights the obstacles discussed.

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