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EMD-78-17 1 (1978-07-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaxom0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DCCUMENT RESUMB 06493 - [ B200-70261 The Department of the Interior's Computerized Resources Information Bank. EMD-78-17; B-11E678. July 17, IS78. ;3 pp. + 2 appendices (8 pp.). Report to the Congress; by Elmer F. Ztaats, CcmptrcilEr General. Issue Area: Materials: Information Systems Leficiercies 41HI8). Contact: Enerqy and Minerals Dv. Budget Functioi,: Natural Resources, Envircnnent, and Energy: other Netural Resources (30u). Orqanization Concerned: Council c vnvixcneental Quality; Department of the interior; Geological Survey; OffiCe cf Science and Technolovl 1clicy. Couqressional Relevance: Hctse Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs; Senate .ommittee on Energy and Natural Eescurceb; Conqress. Authority: Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. The Department of the Interior is the principal agency of the Government responsible for managing mineral resources ana has a ma4- role in formulating mineral policy. Within tke Geoloqica Sourvey, the Computerized Fesources Intcrzaticr Bank (CRIB) stores basic data on gecligy, sines, anid commodities and retrieves the intormation for use in minera. resource analysis. Findinqs/Conclusions: The CRIB is incourlete, inaccurate, outdated, and lacks data and management support. A viable information system is needed to help officials perfcru tke Survey's most importaLnt minerals Fclicy advisory role--anlysis of long-term mineral resoucce availatility. Recomsendations: To increase the priority and high-level agency su[port fcr a computerized resource and decision oriented information LanK, the Secretary of the Interior should direct the Assistant Secretary, Energy and Minerals, to clearly fcrouate written rnineral resource information requirements of the CRIB Frcgram for submission to the Geological SuLVe); cider that the RTIB system design and information requirements he sade fully compatible with the Bureau of Mine's Mineral Availabilitj System for mineral reserves; and require the Director of the Geclcgical Survey to formulate and put in placr a survey-wide Elan provid±nq internal coordination and iLut tc CRIB from all Geological. Survey mineral activities. The Eirector cf the Geological Survey should make the Assistant Director, Erergy aind Mineral Reources, responsible for develcting and coordinating the implementation of an integrated Geological Survey-wide Mineral Resources Program that will utilize a CRIB-like system as the central and/or primary computerized minerals information system. Various forms of support should also te created and assigned to this task. (Author/S:)

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