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$9B Navy Computer System: Behind Schedule and Performing Poorly

Via UPI.

A new GAO report says a 10-year, $9.3 billion computer information system created for the Navy and Marine Corps is behind schedule and performing poorly.

Through the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) the Navy is buying network, application and hardware and software at a fixed price per unit for 550 sites from Electronic Data Systems.

After more than six years and $3.7 billion spent, the system is still not fully deployed. The initial plan laid out in October 2000 called for 412,000 "seats" operational by 2004. But by 2006, there were just 303,000 seats set up at 550 sites.

Those systems that are in place are not fully functional, according to the Government Accountability Office.

posted by Fergie @ 12/12/2006 01:02:00 PM