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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04723A000100100019-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 19, 2000
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: October 17, 1969
• Content Type: LETTER

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17 O CT 1969
I note that the final policy paper on Management of Information
Processing from the Executive Director-Comptroller, dated 13 October 1969,
is almost word for word the same as you had drafted for my presentation. I
think this is a major step forward and for the first time I believe we are now
bringing a clear sense of management to information processing and EDP
applications.
I think you have done a major service and I wish to commend you
for your sense of management vision, understanding and analysis of what has
always been a most vexing problem. For those of your staff who assisted
in this effort, please pass along my thanks and appreciation for a job
extremely well done.
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ORANDUM `OR: Chief, Information Processing Staff
Comments on "Straw Listf' of Areas oI
Concern to IP Board, dtd l Oct 1969
l.. The list is a good start.. As amended by our comments, I
believe It could provide a basis for discussing, In a meaningful way,
methods for improving our overall ADP performance in the A gency.
ion: After one or two iterations on the list, each of-the
IPC;s (and you) could use it as an outline for putting our t'houghts
down an paper (really our personal answers to these questions),
keeping therm as brief and. to-the-point as possible. Then we could
compare notes to see where we differ. Such an exercise could be
good foundation for discussing issues and setting up a plan for
action; and b) the basis for sort of "statues report" (unsol4citeed) to
Colonel White (again, brief and to-thee-point -- we're doing Weil here
poorly there, and this Is what the I.PC's hope to do about it).
Conceeruing the list itself:
I note the absence of "user" questions -- is the application
customer"'` generally knowledgeable about ADP methods and altar a.-
or reviewing user proposals working
properly? Should the "user" assume :sornee of the resource burden?
Regarding #14, a similar question should be raised at the
level: Does the local manager have the appropriate
is he properly using those available to him) for
active job with projects under his jurisdiction?
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Comments ' Straw L st
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An addition: Are the responsibilities for AUP are
common concern" property defined? Can some functional areas,
such as `equipment, software, and contractor evaluation or some
specific areas of expertise be assigned to one responsible ADP
component?
d,. Another addition: Are our relationships
ADP professional world satisfactory? How might they be improved?
s potential contracters and consultants being exploited properly?
Actin to ctor o Computer Sex ces
Distribution:
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