GAO Warns On Cost, Danger of Prehistoric Tech

The article summarizes a GAO report warning that the U.S. government spends the majority of its IT budget on maintaining outdated legacy systems—some decades old and written in obsolete languages like Assembly and COBOL—undermining modernization efforts, increasing costs, and posing security and operational risks; GAO recommends OMB set targets and guidance to reduce O&M spending on inefficient systems and accelerate modernization.