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LCD-76-121 1 (1976-07-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaajn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -. UNITED STA.TS GENERAL AccuNTING OMCE WASHINGTON, D.C. .0548 JUL G7 1,17; LIO TJ aCs At40 COM MUNWATt 0 IVI S ION. B-.115369 The Bondiable The Secr.etary of Defense Ill I LM092134 Dear Mr. Secretary: In May 1975 we completed a survey odata base management Practices at selected Government agencies During our survey we found indications that some of the a drives at Defense Supply Agency (DSA) computer centers might not be needed. In July 1975 we initiated a review at DSA to determine the extent of utilization of computer disk spac:, a v'aluable and costly resource. We found that disk space was underutilized and, conse- quently, this report contains recommendations to you which are set forth on page 7. As you know, sectior. 236 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 requires the head of a Federal agency to submit a written statement on actions taken on our recommendations to the House and Senate Commit- tees on Government Operations not later than 60 days after the date of the report and to the House and Senate Commit- tees on Appropriations with the agency's first request for appropriations made more than 60 days after the date of the report. BACKGROUND *Five of DSA's six supply centers are equipped with one or more central processing units and related peripheral equip- ment. At the time of our review, the sixth center, the De- fense Fuel Supply Center, did not have automatic data proc-- essing (ADP) equipment. -Each computer center has a large amount of data stored on what are known ii the data processing field as magnetic disks-. Magnetic disks are similar to phonograph records, except that data, rather than being recorded in grooves, is recorded magnetically on tracks positioned on concentric _circles iround the disks' centers. A number oi disks are stacked together in a disk p.ack and mounted on a spindle -within a disk drive--the device that writes data on or reads data from the disks- These components, collectively, are commonly referred to ds a disk drive and will have this meaning hereinafter. LCD-76-121 0l L0PI. ?/eA 49

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