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IPE-82-6 1 (1982-04-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabdde0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE I I. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 INSTITUTE FOR PROGRAM EVALUATION B-206178 APRIL 19,1982 The Honorable John Heinz Chairman, Special Committee on Aging United States Senate 118121 Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Identifying Computer Data Bases to Aid Congressional Oversight on the Needs of Older Americans (IPE-82-6) On April 30, 1981, you asked the Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate Computer Center) and the General Account- ing Office to assist the Senate Special Committee on Aging in developing a national data base to aid oversight on the needs of older Americans. The Senate Computer Center was to provide data- processing support and GAO was to provide technical assistance in the selection of existing data files. The fine support and coop- eration of Mr. Larry Atkins, your staff economist, were invaluable in this endeavor. In the July 15, 1981, Coordinating Conference, it was agreed that GAO would provide technical assistance for two design tasks. The first design task identified data archives and repositories that emphasized data on aging. It was completed on September 9, 1981, by the transmittal of a Working Paper entitled Accessing Data Archives and Repositories: Emphasis on Automated Data Per- taining to Older Americans. The second involved selection of data files that contain information of specific interest to the Special Committee. Our enclosure completes this second and final task of the assignment. Here, we summarize the scope and method- ology of our overall effort. Because data files pertaining to issues on aging are not housed in one central location, we set out to inventory sources for the Special Committee. We applied two major criteria for screening data archives and repositories. First, the data had to have the potential for providing information on the four policy areas of interest to the Special Committee--economics (including retirement income and patterns of employment), health, housing (including weatherization and fuel assistance), and demo- graphics (including population trends). Our second criterion was that the archive or repository had to be established and currently accessible. (973165) c.

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