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AFMD-83-63 1 (1983-06-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnbn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OMCE WASHINGTON, D.C. 90 MAN. Z ,, H JUN 2 2 1983 B-211147 Mr. Peter T. Johnson Administrator, Bonneville Power Administration 122078 Dear Mr. Johnson: Subject: Bonneville's ADP Resource Management Controls Show Improvement, But More Needs to Be Done (GAO/AFMD-83-63). Bonneville Power Administration's progress in making its auto- matic data processing (ADP) resource management controls effective has been slow despite (1) the House Committee on Appropriations' continuing concern and interest, (2) the Department of Energy's 1981 audit and recommendations, and (3) our May 30, 1978, letter to you (B-115369). That letter addressed several weaknesses in Bonneville's ADP management controls: --Insufficient planning and control over long term ADP system development projects. --Lack of a central ADP leader. --Poor cost-effective controls and oversight of ADP activi- ties. --Lack of uniform procedures governing the development of ADP systems. Through 1981, Bonneville made little progkess in correcting these weaknesses. We have now noted some improvements in ADP management controls; however, few of these should be considered complete. (See encl. I for a more detailed assessment of Bonneville's prog- ress.) SUMMARY OF FINDINGS In 1981, a Department of Energy (DOE) study, requested by the House Appropriations Committee, validated our 1978 observations and Bonneville's new Administrator committed himself to rapidly im- proving ADP management structure and operations. In November 1981, the Administrator, as a first step, centralized general-purpose ADP resource management. We were encouraged by this initiative. How- ever, additional ADP management controls are needed to achieve O G C) (913679) tA4 6 ;QY3 fv7,

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