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B-163074 1 (1972-04-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaeid0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RELEASED el B-163074 AP R 1 _7 / (7l Dear Mr. Chairman: The General Accounting Office has continued its review of the Army's Base 0perating Information , SystemJIBASOPS) to pro- vide Y6uiwith informationr on the Army's actions and progress since our last report of August 1971. BACKGROUND BASOPS is a base-level automated management information system which was initiated in'9'-f5 'to achieve system standard- ization throughout the Continental United States Armies. BASOPS, as configured today, has three basic subsystems: fi- nance, supply, and personnel. BASOPS is intended to improve the readiness posture of the Army units, to be responsive to the ihT65Yffi iT6nal requirements of all unit commanders, and to provide commands with accurate and timely data. In August 1971 we issued a report (B-163074) to the Sec- retary of Defense that pointed out numerous deficiencies in BASOPS and the inability of the Army to correct them on a timely basis. This report suggested that further extension of BASOPS be deferred until the known deficiencies had been corrected and until BASOPS had demonstrated that it would function effectively. Further extension of BASOPS was deferred in compliance with your Committee's recommendation. Also the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) was charged with the resPonsibil- ... ity to ensure that improvements would he made. OSD advised us that the Army would not resume extension until the problems addressed in our report had been resolved. OSD's official response to the report stated: When these improvements have been incorporated in the BASOPS subsystems, extension should resume under the utmost caution with the full understand- ing that recurrence of past difficulties or vali- dation of new deficiencies will necessitate an immediate termination of development and extension pending demonstrated correction. Q91 ?

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