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Information Technology: Key Attributes of Essential Federal Mission-Critical Acquisitions

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Sept. 8, 2020
Release Date Sept. 8, 2020
Report No. GAO-20-249SP
Summary:

Federal agencies' efforts to acquire IT have often cost more than expected, taken longer, and produced systems that failed to perform. IT acquisitions and operations management has been on our High Risk List since 2015.

In this report, we profile 16 critical IT acquisitions, describing risks to their cost and schedule, and more.

For example, the FBI plans to spend $1.6 billion over 14 years for continuous updates to its Next Generation Identification System—the world's largest repository of biometric and criminal history information. FBI officials said they face funding and staffing challenges.

The FBI's Next Generation Identification system is designed to provide law enforcement with rapid field identifications.

Illustration of facial and fingerprint analysis

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