GAO Reports - 1990

Overview

The following are the GAO reports published in 1990 that are discussed in this wiki in reverse chronological order. Those Reports that have already been summarized are in blue; those that have not yet been summarized are in red.

December

• Command and Control: Defense's Use of Engineering Contractors for Acquiring Automated Systems (IMTEC-91-19) (Dec. 27, 1990).

November

• Defense Communications: Performance Measures Needed to Ensure DISN Program Success

(AIMD-97-9) (Nov. 27, 1996).

• Defense Communications: Millions May Be Spent Unnecessarily to Expand Data Network

(IMTEC-91-6) (Nov. 7, 1990).

October

• [NONE]

September

• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Realistic Testing Needed Before Production of Short-Range System (GAO/NSIAD-90-234S) (Sept. 4, 1990).

August

• Information System: National Health Practitioner Data Bank Has Not Been Well Managed (IMTEC-90-68) (Aug. 21, 1990).
• Computers and Privacy: How the Government Obtains, Verifies, Uses, and Protects Personal Data (IMTEC-90-70BR) (Aug. 3, 1990).
• Information Technology: A Model to Help Managers Decrease Acquisition Risks (IMTEC-8.1.6) (Aug. 1, 1990).

July

• Justice Automation: Tighter Computer Security Needed (IMTEC-90-69) (July 30, 1990).
• Arms Control and Disarmament Agency: Some Progress Made in Protecting Top Secret Documents (NSIAD-90-240) (July 23, 1990).
• Federal Communications Commission: Strategic Focus Needed to Improve Information Resources Management (IMTEC-90-52) (July 20, 1990).
• Information Security: Impact of the Governmentwide Computer Security Planning and Review Process (T-IMTEC-90-11) (July 10, 1990).

June

• [NONE]

May

• Technology Transfer: Copyright Law Constrains Commercialization of Some Federal Software (GAO-RCED-90-145) (May 1990).
• Computer Security: Governmentwide Planning Process Had Limited Impact (GAO/IMTEC-90-48) (May 1990).

April

• Information Technology: Importance and Prevalence of Embedded Computer Systems and Oversight of This Technology by the Office of the Secretary of Defense (T-IMTEC-90-8) (Apr. 26, 1990).
• Automated Information Systems: Defense's Oversight Process Should Be Improved (IMTEC-90-36) (Apr. 16, 1990).

March

• High Definition Television: The Effects of Standards on U.S. Entertainment Industries (IMTEC-90-33) (Mar. 16, 1990).

February

• Financial System: Federal Oversight of Computer Security Needs to Be Strengthened (T-IMTEC-90-2) (Feb. 21, 1990).
• Meeting the Government's Technology Challenge: Results of a GAO Symposium (IMTEC-90-23) (Feb. 1, 1990).

January

• Financial Markets: Tighter Computer Security Needed (IMTEC-90-15) (Jan. 5, 1990).

Other GAO Reports

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