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AIMD/RCED-94-303R 1 (1994-09-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackqx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: United States G A O General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Accounting and Information Management Division B-248570.3 September 16, 1994 The Honorable Bob Carr Chairman The Honorable Frank Wolf Ranking Minority Member Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives This letter responds to your request that we answer several questions Q _c concerning the University of Iowa's contribution to the National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS) project. The contribution in question was certain € software, known as the Iowa Core Software, that functions as part of the c Cc University's existing driving simulator. Specifically, you asked us to cc (1) determine whether the utility of the Iowa Core Software that the University ,, of Iowa is providing to the project could be fairly and accurately determined 4., = prior to completion of the NADS design contracts, (2) identify technical risks associated with the government committing to using this software prior to completion of the NADS design contracts, (3) determine what the basis was for t z the $3.7 million estimated cost of the Core Software, whether the $3.7 million is an appropriate estimate of the software's cost, and if it is not, what a proper 1.4 estimate is, and (4) determine the status of the NADS design contractors' thorough and objective evaluation of the various Core Software modules. Because the answer to the last question is procurement sensitive, we do not address it in the report. Instead, we orally conveyed our answer to this question to your offices. A detailed explanation of our objectives, scope, and methodology is included in enclosure 1. SUMMARY The University of Iowa's existing driving simulator and its associated software, referred to as the Iowa Driving Simulator, is operational and being used by a variety of public and private sector clients. Thus, this software, and in particular that part of the software known as the Iowa Core Software, is potentially useful to NADS. It is too early, however, for the NADS design GAO/AIMD/RCED-94-303R National Advanced Driving Simulator

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