Congress targeting defense IT acquisition reform

Informationweek: The Department of Defense's IT acquisition processes are poorly equipped for the fast-changing world of technology and quick deployments, according to a House of Representatives panel on defense procurement.

In an interim report issued last week, the House armed services committee's panel on defense acquisition reform found that program requirements are often written so specifically and programs managed in such a "document-intensive," "process-bound" way that defense IT system deployments typically take about 3 to 5 times longer than deployments in the private sector, and can be outdated several times over once they are delivered.   Read Article

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