FDA’s IT Overhaul Stagnating Despite Massive Spending, GAO Finds
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
The agency has not been able to get rid of outdated IT systems despite spending more than $160 million to date on a program designed to do that among other goals.
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