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EMD-82-71 1 (1982-04-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabder0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ENERGY AND MINERALS DIVISION E-203691 APRIL29, 1982 The Honorable James B. Edwards The Secretary of Energy Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject: DOE Needs to Strengthen Its Computer Performance Evaluation Activities And Improve Its Documentation of Procurement Actions (EMr-82-71) We have completed our review of the acquisition of automatic data processing (AEP) equipment at selected installations of the Department of Energy (DOE). We performed our review at DOE's Office of ADP Management and the Energy Information Administra- tion (EIA) in Washington, D.C., and at the DOE Cperations Cffice and Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Despite the limited scope of our review, our findings may have implications for other DOE components because they address the basic procedures involved in acquiring AEP equipment. We focused our review on DOE's management controls over the acquisition process for acquiring new ALP equipment. Our review was performed in accordance with standards for auditing govern- mental organizations, programs, activities, and functions, as prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United States. In conducting cur audit, we reviewed LOE's policies, procedures, and guidelines on the management and acquisition of AEP resources. In addition, we interviewed DOE officials responsible for the AEP systens reviewed and examined contract files and related records. We also performed a technical analysis of ADP utilization at EIA and Sandia, and discussed the results of this analysis with the installations' computing officials. In March 1982 we discussed a draft of this report with officials cf DCE's Office of ASP Mar.- agement, and we considered their views in preparing this report. The details of our audit objectives, scope, and methodology are provided in enclosure I. As you know, DOE's investment in ADP equipment is substan- tial, and an additional several hundred million dollars could be needed over the next several years to enhance or replace equipmrent currently in use. To keep these costs to a minimum, procuremrents 5(004297) 118265

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