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IMTEC-83-2 1 (1983-08-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnbx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 INFOPMATION MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY DIVISION B-208 596 l~Q~1~1~AUGUST 16, 1983 The Honorable Les Aspin 122147 House of Representatives Dear Mr. Aspin: Subject: DOD's Automated Telecommunications Centers Reduce the Impact of Message Volume on Staffing (GAO/IMTEC-83-2) As requested in your letter of July 20, 1982 (enc. I), we have followed up on our December 4, 1975, report (LCD-76-107) regarding the need for electronically transmitting narrative messages at military telecommunications centers. In that report we estimated that the number of narrative messages sent from the six California military installations we visited could have been reduced by almost 19 percent and that a savings of almost $150,000 annually could be realized by decreasing staff who operated the telecommunications equipment. Also, we projected that the Department of Defense (DOD) could save over $1.8 mil- lion to about $15.7 million annually if from 5 to 40 percent of the messages sent electronically from all military telecommuni- cations centers were mailed. During our followup review, we visited the same six California military installations included in the earlier re- view: Oakland Army Base; Presidio of San Francisco; Naval Air Station, Alameda; Naval Air Station, Moffett Field; Travis Air Force Base; and McClellan Air Force Base. We also interviewed officials and reviewed records at those installations. We per- formed our audit in accordance with generally accepted Govern- ment auditing standards. BACKGROUND The Automatic Digital Network (AUTODIN) was established for transmission, control, and storage of digital messages. AUTODIN--an integral part of the worldwide Defense Communica- tions Systems--is a computer controlled, electronic, fully secured data communications system composed of about 15 switch- ing centers and 1,300 terminals located at various military installations. Both narrative messages and data tapes are sent and received via AUTODIN. (009727)

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