Follow-Up on the Risk Assessment of the Millennium Challenge Corporation's Information Technology Governance for its Information Technology Investments

We recommend that the Millennium Challenge Corporation's Deputy Chief
Financial Officer revise the written budget policy and procedures to account for the change from line item budgeting to project budgeting.

We recommend that the Millennium Challenge Corporation's Chief Information Officer work with the Acquisitions/Contracting Office to develop and implement a written process to monitor projects requiring earned value management in accordance with Millennium Challenge Corporation policies and procedures, including identifying those projects and determining their earned value.

We recommend that the Millennium Challenge Corporation's Chief Information Officer develop and implement a written process to document project charters
consistently.

We recommend that the Millennium Challenge Corporation's Chief Information Officer develop and implement a written process to consistently develop, store, and organize project management artifacts on the corporation's Project Management Central Web site.

We recommend that the Millennium Challenge Corporations Chief Information Officer finalize and implement the written systems development life cycle plan to address the corporation's agile methodology, including the justification for any deliverables or requirements that are not deemed applicable or critical to the project.

We recommend that the Millennium Challenge Corporation's Chief Information Officer develop and implement a written process to monitor whether the
corporation's systems development life cycle methodology is followed.

We recommend that the Millennium Challenge Corporation's Managing Director, Contracts and Grants Management Division, design and implement a written process to monitor compliance with the requirement for program offices to complete, submit, and obtain approval for acquisition plans.