Publisher's Synopsis
In fiscal year 2015, DHS planned to invest about $7 billion in major acquisitions. DHS's acquisition activities are on GAO's High Risk List, in part due to program management, requirements, and funding issues. Congress included a provision in statute for GAO to review DHS's major acquisitions. This report, GAO's second annual review, addresses the extent to which (1) DHS's major acquisition programs are on track to meet their schedule and cost goals, (2) these programs changed KPPs after initiation, and (3) DHS has addressed these programs' affordability issues. GAO assessed DHS's 16 largest acquisition programs that were in the process of obtaining new capabilities as of June 2015, and 9 other programs that GAO or DHS identified were at risk of poor outcomes to provide additional insight into factors that lead to poor outcomes. For all 25 programs, GAO reviewed key acquisition documents and met with program officials. GAO reviewed 22 of these programs in an April 2015 report (GAO-15-171SP). GAO also met with senior acquisition and financial oversight officials, and assessed DHS's policies and practices against internal control standards and key program management practices.
