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FGMSD-79-27 1 (1979-05-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaazjh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RESTRICTED - Not to be released outside the General Accounting Office except on the basis of specific aPProval by the Offlee of Cengresslonal Relations. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. O,. 48 RELEASED B-115369 MAY 23, 1979 The Honorable Jack Brooks, Chairman Committee on Government Operations - House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: On October 6, 1978, you requested that we review the 5ieterans Administration's VA± plans to noncompetitively upgradeF s Austin, Texas, Data Processing Centejr(DPC) 1 an that we conduct a comprehensive review of VA's manage- ment and use of its automated data processing resources. We are conducting this review in two phases. The first phase, the review of the upgrade, is the subject of this report, We plan to report on the second phase of our review later this year, Based on our review, we concluded that VA's planned replacement of the Austin DPC's current equipment on a non- competitive basis is not warranted. Our review showed that: --The VA requirements analysis understated the current system capacity and proposed no actions to minimize the computer resource requirements. --Although system performance improvements have been made, additional gains can be achieved through operational and procedural changes. --Interim solutions, which are less costly than the proposed noncompetitive replacement, can meet VA's current data processing needs. ,.- 3 Accordingly, we proposed a combination of ac *ons which should enable VA to reduce its near-term ADP re urce requirements at the Austin Data Processing Center, If our proposed actions are accepted and implemented, VA, at most, would need only to supplement the present Austin con- figuration, Our proposals for VA actions include: --Instituting operational and procedural changes that would result in work being routed to VA's Chicago Data Processing Center rather than to Austin. ,I,,,11 ,,,,,,,,,,1 , ,,11 ,,,,,,,,,, 111 il jl / 109644 FGMSD-79-27 (913530)

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