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B-162407(6) 1 (1971-06-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkqa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: * COMPTROLL ER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES W H I N G T N . O ,C . 2 0 5 4 0 1 RESTICEDi - Not to be released outside the General Accounting Office except on the basis of specific approval by the Office of Legislative Liaison, a record of which In kept B-162407 (6) by the Distribution Section, Publications Branch, OAS June 9, 1971 Dear Mr. Chairman:. As we reported on July 7, 1969, on our report on the au- tomatic data processing policiep, procedures, and practices at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (iJPL), Pasadena, California, we have kept abreast of JPL's progress inf(ombining 1itq-business and Fcientific data processing operations. As stated in our report, JPL had three major general data rocessing organiza- tions at the time of our previous review. - --The Scientific Computing Facility (SCF), responsible for furnishing computer support to all scientific, engineering, and technical functions. - -The Administrative Computer Services Facility, respon- sible for performing all business data processing (re- ferred to herein as business programs). --The Space Flight Operations Facility (SFOF), as part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Deep Space Network, a command and control cen- ter that uses its data processing equipment for the preparation and support of mission flight analysis and control on an immediate-response-to-inquiries (real- time) basis, plus some scientific, engineering, and data reduction work. JPL was considering several methods of combining its business and scientific data processing operations, and it recently adopted a plan for combining the operations, which should reduce costs by $65,000 during fiscal year 1971 and $325,000 annually thereafter. Combination status at the time of our July 1969 report JPL initially considered combining its business and scientific data processing operations as early as July 1965; however, neither NASA nor JPL aggressively pursued this ob- jective. Major computer changes were being made without a prior determination of their effect on a possible data proc- essing combination. In 1969 JPL was exploring the advantages 0- SOTH ANNIVERSARY 1921- 1971 s (f5s-! 7s-b

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