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B-133044 1 (1971-09-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaffq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: * UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTI OFF WASHINGTON, D.C. CIVIL DIVISION SEP 14 1971 B-133044/ Q2i. Dear Mr. Johnson: BEST DDODTIMENT AVAILABLE iLM09521 The General Accounting Office reviewed the Automated Management Information System (AMIS) of the Veterans Adminis- tration (VA) -to determine if the system was providing VA management with reliaible and timely information. Our review wasffiade at the Central Office, Washington, D.C.; the re- gional offices in Houston and Waco, Texas; the Data Processing Center (DPC) in Austin, Texas; and the VA hospitals in Big Spring, Houston, and Waco, Texas, and in Washington, D.C. The VA established AMIS in 1964 because of VA's inability to manually gather reliable and timely information needed in administering and reporting on its various assistance programs for the Nation's growing veteran population (about 28 million at June 30, 1971). Prior to the establishment of AMIS, conso- lidated reports of comparative data by station, activity, and accounting period were prepared manually at the Central Office from reports submitted by VA hospitals, regional offices, and other reporting stations. VA officials have estimated that about 8,000 different AMIS reports--issued monthly, quarterly, semiannually and annually--will be processed in 1972. On the basis of information available for 1970, we have estimated that the annual operat- ing costs of AMIS are about $7 million. We believe that VA has done a commendable job in develop- ing a system for compiling and reporting information on its diversified programs and operations. The reports generated as a result of AMIS and the opportunity to have access to informa- tion in the AMIS data bank should be of considerable value to Central Office management. For several years VA has been aware that the usefulness of AMIS reports to Central Office managers has been impaired because of inaccurate data in the reports. Because of the continued unreliability of the AMIS reports, some Central Office managers, especially in the Department of Medicine and Surgery, were reviewing, verifying, and correcting AMIS report data before using it, thereby precluding its timely use. 50TH ANNIVERSARY 1921-1971 ;i

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