Report 2015-121 Recommendation 2 Responses

Report 2015-121: California Department of Veterans Affairs: The State Paid Nearly $28 Million for a Flawed System That Fails to Meet the Needs of Its Veterans Homes (Release Date: June 2016)

Recommendation #2 To: Veterans Affairs, Department of

To ensure that it adequately identifies and monitors problems in its future IT projects, by September 2016 CalVet should establish a formal process for its project executive to verify that the project team prepares all of the required project management and other required plans. This formal process should also include a process to periodically verify that the project team is adhering to all these plans.

60-Day Agency Response

CalVet has established a formal process through CalVet IT Policy #ISD-16-001 for its project executive to verify that the project team prepares all of the required project management plans. This formal process also includes a process to periodically verify the project team adheres to all plans. The policy has been disseminated to all staff.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Fully Implemented

All Recommendations in 2015-121

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.