The E-Gov Travel Program Management Office has developed and implemented several effective management practices to provide adequate oversight and support agencies in transitioning to ETS, but cost, schedule, and performance risks exist, according to a General Services Administration internal audit.
It said eight of 24 agency deployment schedules have slipped beyond the deadline for full deployment, resulting in industrial funding fee revenue shortfalls and the inability to meet e-gov performance measures.
Realistic IFF revenue estimates are needed, as well as a contingency plan to address revenue shortfalls, better estimates of deployment timeframes and the resolving of issues, according to the review of the e-gov travel program’s management office dated March 6 but just released publicly.
It said significant shortfalls in fiscal 2005 IFF revenues are expected to continue in 2006, and it is unlikely that the PMO will become self-sustained by the end of fiscal 2007.
The number of vouchers processed through ETS in fiscal 2005 was far less than was planned because agencies have been slow to migrate and those that have are not meeting anticipated voucher levels, the audit said.
It said the five agencies in the IG’s review processed fewer than 16,000 of the 50,000 they were forecasted to process.
The PMO requested more than $3 million over the original baseline for fiscal 2006 to help maintain the government employee and contractor support levels required to manage delays in deployment, the audit said.
