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IMTEC-85-15 1 (1985-08-30)

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RELEASED


by the Office of C  Qildai l elations.


   UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
           WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548


AUGUST 30,1985


INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
& TECHNOLOGY DIVISION


     B-217877


     The Honorable Lowell Weicker, Jr.
     Chairman, Subcommittee on Labor,
       Health and Human Services, and Education
     Committee on Appropriations
     United States Senate


The Honorable William Proxmire
Ranking Minority Member
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and
  Human Services, and Education
Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate

The Honorable Lawton Chiles
United States Senate


Subject:


Social Security Administration's Progress in
Modernizing Its Computer Operations
(IMTEC-85-15)


     In your November 30, 1984, letter (encl. II), you asked us
to report on (1) the flexibility1 of the Social Security
Administration's (SSA's) computer system to handle legislative
changes promptly and efficiently and (2) the security of the
system. Related to these two issues, you also expressed
particular concern about a shift in emphasis and direction of
SSA's Systems Modernization Plan (SMP),2 whether the agency's
existing system is adequately documented to permit the
development of an improved new system, and SSA's failure to
assign personal identification numbers to trace individual




tin this case, flexibility means SSA's ability to change
existing computer systems or build new ones promptly,
accurately, and efficiently to respond to new legislation.

2A major project to upgrade SSA's computer systems. (For
details, see p. 3).




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