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FGMSD-80-44 1 (1980-05-07)

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                 COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
                          WASHINGTON, D.C. 2OS8


   B-198405                                          MAY 7,1980


   The Honorable Ray Roberts
   Chairman, Committee on
     Veterans Affairs
   House of Representatives                               112353

   Dear Mr. Chairman:

        Subject: Fview of VA's Revised Workload
                  Study for its Austin, Texas,
                  Data Processing Facility7
                  (FGMSD-80-44)

        On January 7, 1980, you requested that we review a
   December 14, 1979, Veterans Administration (VA) study which
   recommended that VA be authorized to use an IBM 370/168 com-
   puter for the Beneficiary identification and Records Locator
   System (BIRLS) at the Austin, Texas, Data Processing Center
   (Austin Center) rather than an IBM 370/158 as previously con-
   templated. BIRLS is VA's master file for about 35 million
   veterans.

        You requested that, in light of new workload projections
   contained in the VA study, we reevaluate the position we took
   in an earlier report to the Chairman of the House Government /ScrZ,
   Operations Committee that an IBM 370/158 would be adequate
   (FGMSD-79-27, May 23, 1979). On February 11, 1980, we briefed
   your office on the results of our reevaluation and are pro-
   viding this letter as confirmation of that report.

        Our analysis of VA's figures indicated that VA is cur-
   rently projecting an increase of over 50 percent in the daily
   peak workload of 9 months ago. During this review we veri-
   fied that the workload on which this projection is based is
   being generated. In view of this increased workload, a com-
   puter larger than an IBM 370/158 apparently will be needed
   under present operating and management procedures to support
   the peak BIRLS workload at the Austin Center.

        However, in the time allotted for this reevaluation, we
   were unable to determine the validity of the projected daily
   peak workload increase and whether the projection increased
   because of the addition of a new and complex system, opera-
   tional inefficiencies such as bad scheduling, or real growth
   resulting from newly available on-line systems.

                                          2- '42(913654)

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