Download or read book Homeland Security: DHS Continues to Be Challenged in Managing Its Multi-Billion Dollar Annual Investment in Large-Scale Info. Tech. Systems written by Randolph C. Hite and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) invested more than $6 billion in 2009 on large-scale, info. tech. (IT) systems to help it achieve mission outcomes and transform departmentwide operations. For DHS to effectively leverage these systems as mission enablers and transformation tools, it needs to employ a number of institutional acquisition and IT mgmt. controls and capabilities, such as using an operational and technological blueprint to guide and constrain system investments and following institutional policies, practices, and structures for acquiring and investing in these systems. Also, employing rigorous and disciplined system life cycle mgmt. processes and having capable acquisition and IT mgmt. workforces.