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LCD-76-110 1 (1976-08-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaaju0001 and id is 1 raw text is: This is an unclassified digest furnished in lieu of a report containing classified security information. COMPTROLLER GENERAL 'S REPORT TO THE CONG__ COMPUTERS AND U.S. MILITARY READINESS IN EUROPE Department of Defense DIGEST To meet their peacetime and wartime operational needs, U.S. Forces stationed in Europe rely on automatic data processing systems. (See p. 1.) Therefore the Secretiry of Defense should di- rect the military services to identify what is needed to achieve the desired automatic data processing readiness posture and the costs of inQ these needs) ow the services estab- lish overall wartime computer readiness depends on how they assess the need for automatic data processing wartime support and the risk of losing this, compared to the cost of providing adequate automatic data processing wartime readiness process. (See p. 11.) When GAO made its audit in 1975, the U.S. Euro- pean Command; the U.S. Army, Europe; and the U.S. Air Force in Europe operated 142 general- purpose computer systems to support command and control, intelligence, logistics, personnel accounting, financial accounting, and base- level operations. (See p. 1.) (The services -pend on automatic data proc- essing to carry out effectively those activ- ities vital to wartime operations. For many functions, parallel man~zl operations do not exist for meeting data requirements. This is particularly the case in command and control, personnel, and large-supply operations. (See 5.) The services have studies in various stages of development to increase operational readiness. But unless the following matters are consid- ered fully in present and future plans, auto- matic data processing wartime readiness will not be improved materially. AUG 2 5 1976 LCD-76-110 BEST DOCUMENT AVAILABLE

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