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FPCD-82-55 1 (1982-07-22)

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                 COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
                         WASHINGTON D.C. 2054
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The Honorable Jack Brooks
Chairman, Committee on
  Government Operations
House of Representatives                                  119254

Dear Mr. Chairman:

     Subject: Objectivity of the Defense Science Board's Task
               Force on Embedded Computer Resources Acquisition
               and Management (GAO/FPCD-82-55)

     This report responds to your March 23, 1982, request that we
review the operations of the Defense Science Board (DSB) and the
objectivity of DSB's Task Force on Embedded Computer Resources
Acquisition and Management. DSB convened this task force to re-
view, evaluate, and make recommendations on the Department of
Defense's (DOD's) acquisition, management, and utilization of
computers to support its military mission.

     We reported to you earlier, l/ that although proposed DOD
 Instruction 5000.5x on computer standardization had merit during
 the mid-1970s, its validity in the 1980s was questionable. We
 concluded that standardization as called for by 5000.5x would
 minimize opportunities for DOD to capitalize on new developments
 in the commercial marketplace. We recommended that the Secretary
 of Defense direct the services to reevaluate their ongoing stand-
 ardization efforts.

      Although the task force's report on 5000.5x and related
 matters had not been finalized when we issued this report, the
 Secretary of Defense reaffirmed his commitment to DOD's policies
 on embedded computers on April 2, 1982.




 l/DOD Instruction 5000.5x, Standard Instruction Set Architectures
   for Embedded Computers (MASAD-82-14, Jan. 27, 1982).


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