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FGMSD-77-14 1 (1977-03-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaabqn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCUMENT RESUME 00054 - [A10516911 Problems Found with Government Acquisition and Use of Cemputers from November 1965 to December 1976. B-115369; FGHSD-77-14. March 15, 1977. 46 pp.* appendices (27 pp.). Report to the Congress; by Robert F. Keller, Acting Comptroller General. Issue Area: Automatic Data Processing (100. Contact: Financial and General Management Studies Div. Budget Function: Miscellaneous: automatic Data Pi3cessing (1001!. Organization Concerned: Department of Commerce; -epartment of Defense; General Services Administration; (Gffics of Management and Budget. Congressaional Relevance: Congress; House Committee on Armed Services; Senate Committee on Armed Services. Authority: Brooks Act of 1965 (P.L. a9-306). Executive Or01er 11717. During the 11 years since enactment of the Brooks Act, GAO has issucd 175 reports relating to the management and use ok automatic data processing systems in Federal programs. GAO summarizes the inforastion from these reports to assist th Congress, Federal managers, and other groups interested ir. dat: processing problems. Findiegs/Conclusions: Problems iu Automatic Processing (ADP) management include: acquisit.on or data processing equipment without adequate determination of needs; lack of adequate studies of work to be done or alternatives; acquisition of computer equipment soonc than necessary; poor design and planning; prescribed procurement practices not followed; problems in acquisitions of computers under Federal grant programs; a complicated procurement system for minicomputers; the expense of short term equipment leases; not enough use of alternate equipment supply sources; not enough evaluation of software requirements and sharing cpportunities; aud not enough standardization of data elements and codes. Recommendations: Improvements in ADP management will require antion by central agencies as well as by the operating agency concerned. Action to make possible sultiyear leases and to increase iesage of the ADP Fund would be of value in reducing the Government's data processing costs. More managerial attention is needed in computer operations, and agencies need to police their own activities. Inquiry into the adequacy of laws concerned with computer crimes is needed. (QN)

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