EXCERPTS FROM ODP DIV/STAFF REPORTS FOR WEEK ENDING 10 DECEMBER 1982

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Excerpts from ODP Div/Staff Reports for Week Ending 10 December 1982
Management
Optical Disk Memory Product Briefing. Burroughs Corporation
provided interested Agency components a briefing on the status of
their optical disk memory product development. The briefing,
which was sponsored by ODP, was well attended by a cross section
of Agency components. The briefer was Mr. Solomon Ebrahim, the
Manager of Market Analysis and Planning, Optical Memory
Engineering. from the Burroughs Corporation Westlake, California,
facility.
Finance. As of 6 December, $28,486 was outstanding in 68
advances to ODP travelers. None of the advances were
delinquent.
Pro'ect tivity Report. (replacement for
has started training on eject Activity
Reporting System. will be moving to CSS very soon.
Administrative Staff
Arrivals and Departures:
returned to Production Division from LOP on
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EOD'd in Special Projects Division on
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was reassigned to Production Division from
Applications
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ACTS (Automated Consolidated Translation Survey). After 336
hours of steady batch processing supervised by Operations
Division, omputer Center, and by Production Division, STAT
Data Base Management Branch and Data Base Control Center, the
entire ACTS data base has been loaded onto GIM production. This
includes 383,037 master file records and 440,000 index file
records in almost 500,000 GIM records makin the ACTS data base
second in size only to CAMS. STAT
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Processing
On 1 December, the Agency and Wang Laboratories conducted
the monthly status meeting in Bethesda, Maryland. It was
revealed during this meeting that over two million dollars worth
of Wang equipment was negotiated during November, which included
237 workstations and 94 printers. Cumulative figures to date
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Special Projects Staff
personnel have indicated that multiplexor STAT
capacity is insufficient to support 17 terminals for EC. OC and
representatives were asked to define the problem and STAT
to eve op a set of options. In discussions with the Quality
Assurance Segment, it was decided that QAS would explore the
availability of funds ($43,000) for multiplexor equipment and
that ASG would revisit terminal requirements for STAT
Once a decisi i eached, OC will be contacted and coordinated
with. STAT
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ODP 82-1763
9 December 1982
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Administration
Director of Data Processing
STAT
SUBJECT: ODP Report for Week Ending 10 December 1982
1. Liaison with NSA
Three representatives from NSA's Data Processing
Operations Group are currently visiting with Operations Division
personnel. The visit is related to a planned program to exchange
ideas and information between the two organizations. NSA
personnel are being briefed on ODP's mission, Computer Center
requirements, hardware configurations, operating systems, and
observing the daily operation of Ruffing and Special Computer
Centers.
2. IBM 3081 CPUs Highly Reliable
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The IBM 3081 CPUs have outperformed all other CPUs
combined, including the Amdahls. For the 11-month period of
December 1981 through October 9 11 other CPUs had three
times as many failures. STAT
3. Computer Center Stairway Under Construction
A pre-construction meeting with GSA, Headquarters
Engineering Branch, Office of Logistics (HEB/OL), and the
contractor for the stairway between the Center and the STAT
Annex in 1D16 was held on 2 December. Work started on 7 December
and the contract completion date is 16 February 1983. STAT
4. SAFE Early Capability Activities
All ADP equipment shipments remain on or ahead of
schedule. Five solid state drums were delivered on 7 December.
5. SAFE Status Review
The next SAFE Monthly Status Review has been scheduled
for 10 December. The management review will be -aL-0830 in the
DDA Conference Room. The technical review will be at 1330 in
Room 211 at the Ames Building.
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SUBJECT: ODP Report for Week Ending 10 December 1982
6. Excess Burroughs Equipment
A meeting was held on 6 December with Burroughs
Corporation representatives to discuss the status of our mutual
efforts to place within the Intelligence Community the Burroughs
computer systems that had become excess with the SAFE Project
redirection. Three remaining B6900V systems have yet to be
placed. The Burroughs Corporation was represented by Mr. Donald
Cole, the SAFE Accounts Manager, and his immediate supervisor,
Mr. Philip A. Schlimgen. On Thursday afternoon, 9 December,
Stuart Johnson, a Vice President in the Federal and Systems Group
at Burroughs Corporation, met with D/ODP on this subject.
7. Applications Moves
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Th Applications divisions of ODP moved from STAT
Building to Building from 2-4 December. STAT
Except for a tew minor ioose , the move went successfully and
Applications personnel are pleased with their new quarters. The
move freed space for needed ion of the Offices of CTAT
Logistics and Conmunica ions. 1 7 STAT
8. Significant Events During Coming Week
A condensed version of the scenarios used to demonstrate
the SAFE user interface to the user organizations will be shown
to Mr. Gates (DDI) on 15 December. The Director, Analytic
Support Group, received a pre-brief on 9 December. STAT
Arrangements for a simi ar briefing to Major General McFadden
USA, (DIA/VP), are currently being coordinated. STAT
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