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00041 - [A01000771
[Corps of Engineers Management Information System (COEB£S)].
B-163074; LCD-76-119. October 8, 1976. 8 pp.
Report to Secretary, Department of Defense; by Fred J. Shafer#
Director, Logistics and Communications Division.
Issue Area: lutomatic Data Processing (100).
Contact: Logistics and Communicationu Div.
Budget Function: National Defense: Department of Defense -
Military (except procurement & contracts) (051); Natural
ResourceS, EnvironBent. and Energy: Conservation and Land
management (301) , Natural Resources, Environment, and
Energy: ater Resiources and Power (302).
organization Concerned: Department o-. the Army: Corps of
Engineers# Fort Vorth, TX.
congressional Relevance: House Committee on Armed Services;
Senate Committee on armed Services.
The U.S. Army Corps of Enginesrs management Inlormation
System (COEHIS) was reviewed to determine the thoroughness of
the Department of Defense reappraisal of the COlEIS project and
the current status of the system s developmaut and
implementation. COEHIS is intended to be a standardized cystes
to operate with four prittry subsystems: finance and accoUnt.ug,
personnel adinistatio4. resource allocation/project
management, and real esta-.. The system was designed for use on
the Honeywell G-437 computers located at nine of the Corps'
regional .ata processing installations, with Honeywell G-225
computer terminals for access via telecommunications lines to
the G-437 at other Corps' divisions and districts.
Findings/Conclusions: The Department of Defense did not take
adequate action on an earlier GAO report which pointed out
potential problems with COEMS. COEHIS is still Jn the process
of being modified to correct known deficiencies. Given the
limitations of the G-437 machine3, a point may be reached beyond
which continuing modifications and augentaticn to COEIS will
be counterproductive. Recommendations: Before buying new
equipment, consideration should be given to a new design of
COEIS to make it operational on modern computers using a
machine transferable data management system with inherent
capabilities, suca as update and query languages, and to make it
more fully responsive to user needs. (SC)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaabqb0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)