Information technology, agencies need to establish and implement incremental development policies report to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate.

''Federal agencies plan to spend at least $82 billion on IT in fiscal year 2014. However, prior IT expenditures have often produced disappointing results. Thus, OMB has called for agencies to deliver investments in smaller parts or increments. In 2010, it called for IT investments to deliver capabilities every 12 months and now requires investments to deliver capabilities every 6 months. GAO was asked to review agencies’ incremental development approaches. Among other things, this report (1) assesses whether selected agencies have established policies for incremental IT development; and (2) determines whether selected agencies are using incremental development approaches to manage their IT investments. To do so, GAO selected five agencies—Defense, HHS, DHS, Transportation, and VA—and 89 total investments at these agencies. GAO then reviewed the agencies’ incremental development policies and plans.''