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When comparing the investments' first and most recent ratings, the
agencies we reviewed showed generally positive results. Specifically, of
the 383 total investments listed on the Dashboard from June 2009 to
August 2013 for the selected agencies, 19 121 increased (meaning risk is
lower) and 81 decreased (meaning risk is higher).20 Additionally, a
significant portion of investments had returned to their original rating (74)
and about one third of investments' ratings had never changed (107).
(See fig. 3.)
Figure 3: Dashboard Rating Changes over Time and Associated Number of
Investments from the Eight Selected Agencies between June 2009 and August 2013
121 investments
Increased
81 investments
Decreased
107 investments
Never changed
74 investments
No net change
Source: GAO analysis of data from OMB's Dashboard
When considered individually, five of the eight selected agencies-
Agriculture, Commerce, Energy, Treasury, and VA-had more
investments' ratings increase than decrease, whereas the other three-
Justice, Transportation, and SSA-had more investments decrease.
19This number varies from the 244 described earlier because it takes into account
investments that the selected agencies are no longer reporting on the Dashboard. The
following section provides further details.
20CIO's assign a rating of 1 (high risk) to 5 (low risk) based on the level of risk facing the
investment. As such, a reduction in risk level is indicated by a higher CIO rating and an
increase in risk level is indicated by a lower CIO rating.GAO-14-64 IT Dashboard
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