Geographic Information System
Forest Service Has Resolved GAO Concerns About Its Proposed Nationwide System Gao ID: T-IMTEC-92-14 April 28, 1992The Forest Service plans to acquire a geographic information system to store, retrieve, and analyze spatially referenced information--data associated with the nearly 200 million acres of national forests and grasslands that the Service manages. The Forest Service has revised its plans to better define its needs and has substantially reduced the risks associated with such a large-scale acquisition of information technology. With the help of MITRE Corporation, the Forest Service has revised its analyses to provide a much more complete picture of the information-processing alternatives, activities, requirements, benefits, and costs. While every large-scale information system acquisition entails risk, the Forest Service has successfully reduced unnecessary risks previously associated with the project.