Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Department of Defense Policies and Procedures for the Acquisition of Information Technology

Citation
Defense Science Board, Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Department of Defense Policies and Procedures for the Acquisition of Information Technology (Mar. 2009) (full-text).

Overview
This report indicates that the Department of Defense's acquisition process for IT systems was too long, ineffective, and did not accommodate the rapid evolution of IT. The board reported that the average time to deliver an initial program capability for a major IT system acquisition at Defense was over 7 years.