Entries tagged: information technology

A Good Chief Information Security Officer

What makes a good Chief Information Security Officer?… [Read more]

Filed Under: Report of the Week Tagged With: Chief Information Security Officer, CISO, GAO, information security, information technology

Living in the Past

Can you guess which critical US IT system runs on an IBM Series/1 Computer and uses 8-inch floppy disks? Managing IT legacy systems.… [Read more]

Filed Under: Report of the Week Tagged With: GAO, Government accountability office, information technology, legacy systems

Leveraging Technology

Leveraging technology to enhance audit quality and effectiveness.… [Read more]

Filed Under: Report of the Week Tagged With: ANAO, Australian National Audit Office, information technology

Calling Houston

How does NASA manage its smartphone and tablet inventory?… [Read more]

Filed Under: Report of the Week Tagged With: information technology, NASA, risk management, smart phones, tablets

One Minute to Midnight

When it is One Minute to Midnight who will have the courage to override the seemingly infallible?… [Read more]

Filed Under: Honestly Lay Bare Tagged With: disaster preparedness, information technology

The Bell Tolls

What lessons can be learnt from trying to introduce new technology on a grand scale?… [Read more]

Filed Under: Report of the Week Tagged With: information technology, lessons learnt, post implementation review, project management, Washington State Auditors Office

Review Of Reliability Of The Air Force Personnel Data System

The United States Government Accountability Office – the audit, evaluation and investigative arm of the United States Congress has an extraordinary long and fine tradition of authoring seminal reports into the internal control environments of those… [Read more]

Filed Under: Report of the Week Tagged With: audit, GAO, Government accountability office, information technology, internal controls, system implementation