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Crop Insurance Program: Nationwide Computer Acquisition Is Inappropriate at This Time

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date March 8, 1993
Report No. IMTEC-93-20
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Summary:

Uncertainties in the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation's (FCIC) future, including the restructuring of the Agriculture Department and reforms in the crop insurance program, make FCIC's planned $62-million computer acquisition a high-risk venture. By modernizing its information technology during such uncertain times, FCIC could be wasting millions of dollars on a project that will not meet its current or long-term needs. FCIC maintains that it needs the computers to meet the immediate needs of its offices and to ensure continued delivery of the crop insurance program. Yet it has neither analyzed its immediate needs nor determined which of its offices--if any--need more equipment right away. Rather than proceed with its nationwide acquisition project at this time, FCIC should identify and satisfy only its immediate technology needs until its future role and structure are clarified.

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