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

                                            FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                            Expected at 8:30 AM
                                            Wednesday, October 7, 1981

                           STATEMENT OF
            MICHAEL ZIMMERMAN, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
                    HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION

                            BEFORE THE
            SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS
                HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS

                                ON
       THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION'S EFFORTS TO CONSOLIDATE
       COMPUTER PROGRAMMING RESOURCES AT A SINGLE LOCATION

     Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee, we are pleased to be

here today to discuss our report 1/ on the Veterans Administration's

(VA's) efforts to establish an Automatic Data Processing (ADP)

Centralized Development Center (CDC) in Austin, Texas.

     The CDC was to centralize most computer program development and

maintenance resources previously assigned to VA's five data processing

centers (DPCs). This would involve transferring development and main-

tenance work and associated staff from the DPCs and VA's central

office to the CDC. VA estimated, in August 1980 that VA benefits

would exceed costs by $2.5 million over 5 years of operation. These

savings were based on eliminating DPC personnel positions expected

to accrue from implementing the CDC.

     Our review of the CDC was performed in response to a congres-

sional request, and as requested our work was limited to examining

the (1) adequacy of VA's estimate of costs and benefits associated



l/The Veterans Administration's Efforts to Consolidate Computer
  Programming Resources at a Single Location (HRD-81-148, Sept. 18,
  1981).




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