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B-174830 1 (1972-09-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaagcp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLL.R GENERAL O THaE UNITIED TATIE , , 3 WA8HHQiwe. o .C. go& B- 1 7 4 8 3 0 ,. E 9? c Dear Mr. Chairman: LM096288 / In response to your letter of I)ecember 15, 1971, we re- viewed the acqusi5titLo. o n 4 tatioia. Business _Machines Corporation UBM) 370/155 computer system by the Defense Com- munlcations.Agency (DCA) for use by the Executive Office of q4 gthe President. As requested, we reviewed (1) the basis on 363 which the computer system had been justified, (2) the extent of competition obtained, (3) the respective costs of leasing and purchasing the system, and (4) the manner in which the lease was being funded. We also reviewed some aspects of the acquisitions of two Radio Corporation of America (RCA) 70/45 computer systems and an IBM 370/145 computer system. We included these systems in our review because they were part of a project to automate the White House information-handling processes, communications facilities, and certain functions of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), National Security Council, Domestic Council, and other offices in the White House. JUSTIFICATION FOR THE IBM 370/155 BEST DOCUMWT AVAILABLE- Our review showed that the need for the IBM 370/155 cojn- puter system evolved from an initial r ...irme t to u -ornate thet.e.. iouse information- h andl n processe- a dn ommuica- tions.a.cii-t4-es serving the National Security Council. That automation was to be accomplished by acquiring two comluter systems:--one primary system to handle the communications func- tion and a secondary system to provide backup capability and to handle data processing requirements, Before the computers were selected, the White House decided that it would be useful to include in the proposed systems the requirements of the Domestic Council, other offices within the White House, and the OMB. Prior to installation of the system, OMB had met its needs by using the computers of other agencies and of commer- c'ial data processing firms. Au execut iVe panel, which consisted of representatives of the National Security Council, the Domestic Council, OMB, M.__ __

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