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CED-82-113 1 (1982-09-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabmpx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: X COMPTROLLER GENERAL. OF THE1 UNITED STATES6 WASMIeNaTON 0.. Ma September 30, 1982 B-2083.31 The Honorable John D. Dingell Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Committee on Energy and Commerce 119633 Rouse of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Information Resource Management Problems in the Department of Commerce (GAO/CED-82-113) At your request, we have reviewed the management of com- puter and information resources at the Department of Commerce. Your letter of October 8, 1981, requested information on selected functiors and projects within the Department. In response, we briefed your office on December 7, 1981, and on May 6, 1982. We provided information on the Department's process for selecting computer contractors, on the level of technology used in the Department' s automated systems, and on the quality of internal controls in financial systems. At your request we are providing this written report on additional aspects of the Department' s management of computer and information resources. The Department's Office of Information Resource Management (OIRM), which reports to the Assistant Secretary for Administra- tion, is responsible for overall information resource management for the Department, its bureaus, and other subordinate organiza- tions. We found that OIRM has been making significant progress toward its goal of implementing the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980. Nevertheless, we found that OIRM (1) needs to increase emphasis on the execution of its policymaking and oversight functions, (2) needs to protect against the tendency of opera- tional responsibilities to overshadow its policy and oversight role, and (3) needs to continue developing planning mechanisms initiated during 1982. OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY Our objective was to assess the adequacy of OIR' s imple- mentation of selected policy, oversight, and planning responsi- bilities set forth in the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980. We (061130)

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