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In her July 3, 1980, letter, (see encl. I) the then chair-
person, Ms. adys Spellman expressed concern that the Office of
Personnel Manage men --(OPM) may not be using the Honeywel '- 5ur
.uipmenL. in [-l ., Georgia, as originally intended, and that OPM
may be restructuring applications that should have been imple-
mented at the Macon Computer Center. This report is in response
to her request that we look into the matter.
In discussions with your office we agreed to address two
questions:
(1) Is the Honeywell system at OPM's Macon, Georgia, Computer
Center being used for the purpose originally planned and
justified?
(2) Can the Honeywell system support additional processing?
These questions arose in the context of a broader review we con-
ducted concerning delays in processing retirement claims. Among
other things, that review (1) addressed the issue of whether the
process could be further automated and (2) evaluated the Retirement
Interface Processing System to determine whether it could reduce
the processing time for retirement claims. The report on that re-
view will be issued at a later date.
We found that OPM's original purpose for the Honeywell system
as the departmental data processing facility has been only partly
achieved. Although the system can handle additional applications
at present, that capacity is decreasing due to the increasing use
of the computer by non-OPM users.
Objectives, scope, and methodology
Our objective was to answer the two questions posed by the
Subcommittee. Consequently our review was concerned primarily with
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