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IMTEC-92-42R 1 (1992-03-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacjzm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Information Management and Technology Division B-247995 146181 March 23, 1992 The Honorable Ernest F. Hollings Chairman, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation United States Senate The Honorable Larry Pressler Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation United States Senate On February 26, 1992, we testified before the Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space regarding the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) development strategy for the Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). In response to your questions, we are providing the following answers as a supplement to our testimony. Questions from Senator Albert Gore, Jr. 1. Recommendation to Delay Contract Based on your findings, GAO has recommended that NASA not award the EOSDIS Core System contract until specific plans have been developed and resources identified for (1) prototyping the full range of critical system elements and (2) guiding and accelerating research into key advanced technologies that will be essential for the system's ultimate success. A. Based upon your review of this subject, what is meant by a critical system element for EOSDIS? We used the term critical system element to refer to those aspects of the planned system that represent either new capabilities beyond what other earth science data systems have already provided or significantly more extensive versions of capabilities currently being offered GAO/IMTEC-92-42R NASA's Development of EOSDIS C)52

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