Here's what the Defense Department can do to improve IT acquisition outcomes : NextGov , February 25 , 2026
February 25, 2026
NextGov
Here's what the Defense Department can do to improve IT acquisition outcomes : NextGov , February 25 , 2026
February 25, 2026
NextGov
From the document: "The Department of Defense’s reliance on commercial information technology has never been greater, or more openly acknowledged as mission-critical. Yet despite decades of reform, most major DOD IT programs continue to fail to deliver meaningful capability on time or on budget. According to the Government Accountability Office, large federal IT investments — including those at DOD — historically fail to meet cost, schedule or performance objectives more than 80% of the time.
What makes this failure rate especially troubling is that the system enabling it remains largely unchanged. System engineering and technical advisory teams that presided over failed programs often continue to profit from those same efforts. These conflicts of interest have been widely documented and were a contributing factor behind recent actions by the General Services Administration to rein in advisory contracts that blurred the line between independent oversight and vendor advocacy."
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