ODP REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 9 SEPTEMBER 1983

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 17, 2010
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: September 8, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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ODP 83-1288
8 September 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Administration
Director of Data Processing
SUBJECT: ODP Report for Week Ending 9 September 1983
1. FY 84-86 Central ADP Service Projections
Central ADP service projections for the FY 84-86 time
period were requested for 29 offices and 35 major projects. The
projections are to be made in terms of percentage growth from
FY 82 of central service requirements. This information is
necessary to provide information in our Congressional budget
submission. We must apportion our budget to each of the seven
structural categories in the Agency's budget and identify major
projects expected to consume $250,000 of our resources in any
year during this time frame. Responses are due from Directorate
ADP Control Officers by 30 September.
2. optical Disk White Paper
The Office of Data Processing (ODP) reviewed and
provided comments to the Director of Information Services (D/OIS)
on a White Paper proposing the conversion of magnetic tape stored
at the Agency archives to optical disks. Our reply indicated
that we had serious reservations as to the cost-effectiveness and
reliability of current optical disk technology for production
systems. We, however, offered to join with OIS in more detailed
investigations of optical disk technology.
3. External Procurement
ODP concurred, as per
procurement action requests:
in the following external
OTE - Acquisition of a Sony Microcomputer, Model
SMC70, to host language courseware being
developed at the Defense Language Institute.
OSO - Acquisition of an Arabrite Desk-top Bilingual
System with dual language printers.
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SUBJECT: ODP Report for Week Ending 9 September 1983
OSO - Acquisition of a VAX 11/750 computer system for
use in Processing Support Division's Computer
Laboratory.
DDO - FY 84 renewal of the level-of-effort contract
with IBM for the ALLSTAR upgrade.
4. CAMS2 Production System Turned Over to TRW
The CAMS2 (P/S) IBM 3081K production system in the
Annex was turned over to TRW on 1 September. TRW has
begun to load CAMS1 data into the P/S production data base
remotely from the TRW W-2 Building.
5. Technical Analysis and Display System (TADS) Manuals to
be Rewritten
The contract with Booz, Allen, and Hamilton to rewrite
the TADS Users Manuals has been negotiated and will be signed
this coming week. The ADP & Engineering Branch, Procurement
Branch, OL (ADP&EB/PD/OL), has authorized Booz, Allen, and
Hamilton to begin work as of 6 September.
6. VM Cable Origination
Work continued on the project to enhance the Message
Processing System (MPS) to handle electronic cable origination.
Work began on the detailed system design changes that will be
made to MPS to accommodate electronic cable origination from VM.
7. Biweekly Payroll System (PAYROLL)
The Biweekly Payroll System currently computes hourly
rates for annual salaried employees by dividing their annual
salary by 2080 hours. Effective 2 October, the number of hours
by which the annual salary is divided will be changed to 2087.
All affected programs have been modified and the office of
Finance (OF) has completed an acceptance test of the system.
8. Significant Events During Coming Weeks
The Delivery 2 Preliminary Design Review for SAFE will
be held at TRW's W-1 Building in Tysons Corner, Virginia, from
26 through 30 September. Invitations are being sent to
approximately 90 attendees.
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Excerpts from ODP Div/Staff Reports for Week Ending 9 September 1983
Management Staff
Finance. As of 7 September, there were 64 outstanding
advances with a dollar value of $30,236. No accounts were
delinquent, however, three accounting refunds have fallen into a
STAT delinquent status. (U/AIUO)
Phase IV Action Items. A memorandum analyzing the results
of a preliminary ODP user survey was sent to the DDA Planning
Officer. Also included was a summary of a survey of DDS&T ADP
Control officers on ODP performance. The latter survey was
performed by the DDS&T staff. The memorandum was prepared in
response to a DDA request to evaluate office performance to
customer requests. The DDA request was included in the Phase IV
(of the A ency long-range planning process) Action Item list.
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Applications
A draft statement of work has been prepared that will be the
basis of a contract to provide software support for the DIA SAFE
Comten systems after the hardware is moved from the Northside
Computer Center to the Bolling Air Force Base. A meetin will be
STAT held with SPD to finalize the SOW on 8 September. (U)
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Two Delta Data 7260T terminals were shipped to the Adessa
Corporation on 31 August. These terminals will be connected to the
unclassified SAFE development system. Adessa is under contract to
SPD to provide software that will allow the Delta Data to look like
an IBM 3270 terminal enabling the Delta Data to take advantage of
IBM 3270 features built in software; specifically the
IBM passthrough software. (U)
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Inc. (BLI), to discuss the status of the IDM-500 block multiplexor
channel interface board, future IDM enhancements, and training.
BLI hopes to have the first production board shipped to W-2 on
3 October. Additional enhancements to the block multiplexor are
scheduled for release in February of 1984 and will include better
efficiency in the handling of the ORDER-BY and MIN/MAX commands.
A DIA Move Plan Meeting was held on 2 September. DIA stated
that they did not want TP T-BAR switching systems as part of the
SAFE environment supporting terminals. SAFE-D Comtens will
interface directly to DIA provided Gandalf switching systems.
Configuration and Environmental Management Branch/ED personnel will
tour the DIA computer 1' s on 7 September as one of the steps
STAT in planning the move. (U)
On 2 September, Support Branch/CAMS Division completed final
publication of CAMS2 (P/S) Message Processing Document (BLSI-112
Office of Communications Interface Description). This document
represents agreements between CAMS Division and OC pertaining to
the processing of electronic message header information and
messages on magnetic tape. The document will be formally baselined
STAT into the CAMS2 (P/S) by a Request for Change. (U)
CAMS2 (P/S) Intelligent Data Base Machine (IDM). The
development contractor and the Government met with Britton-Lee,
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Processing
RECON/GUARD software was tested on 6 September. The
majority of the contractor software dis have been
STAT resolved. Further testing is planned. (U)
The Trouble Desk handled a total of 721 phone calls for the
week of 29 August - 4 September: 488 incoming calls, 233 outgoing
STAT calls and 113 Wang calls. (U)
STAT PD technicians and Center personnel installed a new
local level of GIMS software tor he GIMPROD application in the
STAT Center on 4 September. The new software contains a fix for
were also relabeled to prepare for the GIMPROD2 application.
the 8-78 abend problem and support for a duplicate GIMS production
system to be brought online on 19 September. All GIMS DASD volumes
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The IBM 270/168 was successfully tested on 1 September
STAT running the CAMS2 system at the TRW Center. (U)
Installers from the Acoustical Installation corporation
be an work on soundproofing the Credit Union Computer Facility.
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Processing delivered the 3081K production processor to CAMS2
on 1 September per schedule. This system is located in the
Computer Center, but will be accessed by CAMS Division and TRW from
W2. FL(U)
The memory on the CAMS2 development processor (IBM 3033) was
upgraded from 8 to 16 megabytes over the Labor Day weekend.
Processing provided service on a S/168 for most of the weekend to
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Special Projects Staff
SPS will no longer submit a separate weekly, they will
incorporated in the DD/A/ODP weekly report.
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