WASHINGTON, May 11 (UPI) -- A new process for rapidly reviewing business systems acquisitions is being tested on three Pentagon IT programs.
The testing is part of a group of pilot projects that will last through September, GovExec.com reported Wednesday.
The acquisition review process, known as the Enterprise Risk Assessment Model or ERAM, was approved by the Defense Business Systems Management Committee on Jan. 25. Implementation of the initial test cases by the Business Transformation Agency began in April.
The agency's business systems acquisition executive, Army Major Gen. Carlos Pair, will oversee the test of the review process on the Defense Integrated Military Human Resources System, a military-wide human resources system being developed to support military personnel and pay operations. GovExec.com said.
Kenneth Krieg, defense undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, will have oversight authority for the audit of the General Fund Enterprise Business System, a program intended to provide accurate and timely financial information, and the Integrated Data Environment and Global Transportation Network Convergence, a project aimed at providing a logistics backbone for the department's supply chain, the report said.
"All similar recommendations in the past, while noble, have produced marginal change," Krieg wrote in an April 13 memorandum outlining the new process. "The ERAM initial test cases present an opportunity to game these bold ideas to provide blanket solutions and set examples for credible and enduring change management."
The new process, which will conclude with a risk mitigation plan, is designed to be executed in 48 days. A risk assessment team from the BTA will examine existing program documents and spend two to three days interviewing personnel involved in implementing the programs.
Future use will be determined after the results of the test cases are presented to the defense business committee, according to the memo.
