APPROVALS CONCERNING ACQUISITION OF ADP EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04723A000100100012-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 19, 2000
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: April 21, 1970
• Content Type: MF

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21 APR 1970
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Intelligence
Deputy Director for PI'~n-s~--r.,_.,_
Deputy Director for Science and Technology
Deputy Director far Support
SUBJECT Approvals Concerning Acquisition of ADP
Equipment and Services
1. Restraints. on available resources and the need to centralize
Agency considc ration of plans to acquire significant ADP equipment
and services require that such plans -be forwarded to me. for approval
even if such acquisitions have already. been budgeted.
2. The fallowing criteria are to be applied in determining those
ADP acquisitions which require my approval before Agency funds are
committed:
a. Any computer, whether used as a stand-alone
processor or as an integral element of some larger,
computer-controlled system and whether used on Agency
premises or elsewhere. (Small desk calculators,
whether or not of electronic design, are excluded, )
b. Any upgrading of a computer (e. g. , additional care,
I/O devices, etc.) which results in a net increase in cost of
over $4, 000 per month in rental or $150,-000 for purchase.
c. Any contract the principal purpose of which is to
acquire software or other ADP services costing over
$50, 000.
3. Any component planning changes of the kind described in
paragraph 2 should consult freely at an early stage in the planning Wraith
the Office of Computer Services or other components where technical
skills and experience can be helpful in reaching a decision.
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4. In cases requiring my consideration, answers to the .following
questions will normally be needed:
a. What is the proposed acquisition and what needs
and objectives are served by it?
b. Explicitly, what benefits are expected to stern
from this acquisition?
c. Wh~.t i~ tho cost of ~~ia proposed ~~qu~~:bn~
What costs (and savings) can be anticipated for. future
years as a result of this acquisition?
d. What alternatives are available and why is the
recommended action preferred?
e. Does the proposed system change have consequences
which will be of interest to or affect other components? If
so, has the proposal been coordinated with the components
concerned?
f. Is the acquisition contained in your program
plan and budget? (If not, explain proposed manner of
budgeting. )
5. Requests for approval covering the above information, together
with any additional information deemed relevant, should be addressed
to the Executive Director-Comptroller through the Chairman of the
Information Processing Board.
L. K.. White
Executive Director-Comptroller
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