PERSONNEL REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 16 DECEMBER 1983

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
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• Publication Date: December 14, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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External Procurement Requests
The V7ODP concurred as per________ n the following external
procurement requests for ADP equipment:
o DDA/OF Four IBM PC-XT personal computers for test and
evaluation of the Peachtree payroll software
and utilization by the Liaison Office to track
and pay GSA work orders.
o DDS&T/OSO A SYSCON ARRAY PROCESSOR for use with an installed
VAX 11/780 for interactive manipulation
o DDS&T/OTS Acquisition of Gavilan, Radio Shack TRS 80
Model 100, Telecon 3100, Grid, NEC 8201 personal
computers for test and evaluation for possible
overseas use.
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Acquisition of a WANG VS100 system and nine
WANG VAd 4personal computers for use by the
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there are 61 outstanding advances with a
of 14 December 1983
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dollar amount of $28,880. Currently, the delinquent advances total $3,260.
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(U/AIUO)I (Personnel Assignments: None.
Upcoming Events: None
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14 December 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Data Processing
ATTENTION:
FROM:
Chief, Consulting and Assistance Group
Executive Officer, ODP
SUBJECT: Weekly Report for Week Ending 16 December 1983
ACTIVITIES FOR THE CURRENT WEEK:
F - Quarterly Security Automated Name Check Activity (SANCA) processing
was found to be incorrect. The problem, which is believed to be in the
update cycle, has been turned over to the programmer. Further quarterly
Central Badging (CENBAD) Bi-weekly was completed late due to data
processing will be post postponed until the customer moves to
Building. (U)
problems. A bad record on the data base had to be identified and
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emoved before processing could continue. (U)
On 9 December, SAB and ISB split Aim on VM1 to improve the Aim response
time on VM1. All non-ODP DDA Aim users (601) were moved to a separate
Aim system running,.on VM1. This split was costly because it required
that we give u two 3380 user packs to build'the second VM1 Aim System.
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The first running of the CAMS2 Data Base Management Specialist
STAT course was conducted by TRW at Chamber of Commerc d rin the week of 5
MD DBMS were.
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The trouble desk handled a total of 925 phone calls for the week
15-9 Dec; 600 incoming, 325 outgoing calls and 135 153 of
the incoming calls reported terminal problems. (U)
The Training and Information Branch (T&IB) set up student USERIDs
and software to assist Office of Logistics (OL) personnel in the
instruction of the Agency Standard Automated Property System (ASAPS).
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nmmn1eted the Television Production Workshop
training course. (U)
Consulting Services Branch (CSB) personnel assisted SPD in the
identification and correction of a problem with VM/SP CP Release 3
involvin? incorrect handling of terminal function keys. (U) (B.
A significant number of VM1 users have complained about overall
slow performance of the system during the past week. To improve the AIM
(Automated Information Management) system performance on VM1 Directorate
of Administration (DA) AIM users were moved to a separate copy of AIM,
in preparation for the third VM processor in early 1984. (U) (B.
F New procedures for coordinating the installation, testing, and user
training of Xerox 2700 printers are being initiated by CSB in
coordination with SPD and ED personnel. In these procedures CSB will
act as the focal point for tracking the orogress of these Xerox 2700
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activities and for user interface. (U)
The Automatic Information Management/Word Processor (AIM/WP)
Reference Manual has been revised to include all user comments, and was
,submitted to OL/P&PD for reproduction and dissemination. (U) (A.
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STAT joined the Data Conversion Branch on December 12.
STAT She is located In 10 Key Building. (U)
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Planning for the installation of two more copies of the CAMS2
system on the second 3081 has been completed. The installation is under
way and is anticipated to be completed in time to meet the ODP delivery
to TRW 9 January 1984. (U)
and three Hadron contract instructors will attend
the Data Tra n nrr on erence from 11-15 December. (U)
will attend a demonstration of wide-screen projectors
to be sponsored by OT&E on 16 December. These projectors can be
directly interfaced to the Delta Data 7000 terminal for classroom
instructional use. (U)
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UNCLASSIFIED
14 December 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Data Processing
ATTENTION: Executive Officer, ODP
Chief, Management Information Systems Group
SUBJECT: Weekly Report for Week Ending 16 Dec 1983
Major Activities During the Past Week:
STAT CAPER/OP (Case Applicant Processing Evaluati n Report).
The Installation of a new minicomputer in Building to
support OP Project CAPER will not be comp e e on schedule.
Renovation of the mninicomputer room (3NO8) is behind schedule
thereby delaying the minicomputer installation.. OP has been
STAT dvised of the change in schedule. (U)
STAT f- ttended a meeting
with representatives from Price Waterhouse. They are developing a
payroll system for the Department of the ARMY using Structured
Analysis techniques and are ready to begin detail design. The
STAT / me tin was arranged by and was very informative.
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Preliminary. meeting was held with OF/CD on Thursday the 8th
to review a draft proposal for delivering the T&A process by
December. 1984. Several OF/CD concerns were identified and are
being researched for further consideration in a subsequent
STAT meeting scheduled for next week. F----] (U)
We anticipate having an ISSUES and ALTERNATIVES document for
he T&A process completed in draft form by the end of this week.
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LIMS (Logistics Integrated Management System). The LIMS
development contractor, Booz, Allen & Hamilton (BAH) presented
their proposed approach to implementing a LIMS Basic Operating
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Capability (BOC). The presentation included a statement of
requirements satisfied at BOC, an operational process flow
depicting electronic transmission of requisitions, and
representative menus. BAH was asked to prepare a similar
STAT briefing for the LIMS Steering Committee. (U)
LIMS (Logistics Integrated Management System). Booz, Allen &
Hamilton delivered for Government review, preliminary drafts of
the Requisition, Receiving, Conversion, and Management
Information Computer Program Configuration Items (CPCIs) for the
STAT Preliminary System Design Specification (PSDS). (U)
LIMS (Logistics Integrated Management System). The
Development Branch prepared and published drafts of the
Government Furnished Interface Control Documents (ICDs) for the
Defense Integrated Data Systems (DIDS) and the Electronic Funds
Transfer (EFT) with the Department of the Treasury. (John F.)
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Personnel Assignments:
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(CTEC) is assisting the CAMS QA effort for 3 days.
EOD as the Logistics Systems Division secretary.
STAT left the Logistics Systems Division to join
the Information D ision. His new address and extension
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or the LIMS Steerin 7Committee is scheduled for
A briefing f
STAT 21 December in oom 2C19 at 0930.
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Data Processing
13 December 1983
SSG Report for Week Ending 16 December 1983
Acting Chief, Special Systems Group/ODP
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SUBJECT: Report for Week Ending 16 December 1983
C/SSG/ODP, met with C/Improved NPIC
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System (INS), to discuss procedures for defining and
controlling the interface between INS and the CAMS2 Processing
Segment (P/S). A method was devised whereby each segment will
appoint a single point of contact who can commit his respective
segment to comply with an agreed to specification or change to
the interface. In this manner, both segments will be designing
and implementing the same capabilities and will not waste
resources incorporating uncoordinated changes. I(U)
The major focus within the CAMS project is on Integration
Test. Of the 129 test cases, TO have been completed
successfully. For the month of November, 20 of the scheduled
39 cases were successfully completed. The Integration Test
activity is scheduled for completion on 15 January 1984. (J.
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(U)
The delivery dates for the major project documentation
items have been rescheduled due to the increased personnel
demands imposed by Integration Test. The draft of the User's,
Administrator's, and Operator's Manuals is now due on 1
February, with the final copy to OL/P&PD for reproduction by 16
March 1984. Delivery to the customer is to be completed by 1
May. The as-built ro ram documentation is due for delivery on
23 April. (U)
A draft of the Phase III Functional Re uirements Document
(FRD) was delivered by COMIREX for review. (U)
The CAMS2 (P/S) Interface Control Documents (ICDs) for
AIRES, SAFS, and NPIC have been converted from VM/SCRIPT files
to WANG word processor files. The ICDs were converted in
preparation to begin Phase III Requirements documentation. The
documentation will be prepared and maintained by the CAMS2
(P/S) Systems Integration contractor, Synectics Corporation.
The VM/SCRIPT to WANG conversion effort was accomplished by
ODP/Consulting Services Staff. This was a large and complex
task that was completed in a most accurate and timely manner.
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14 DEC 1983
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Data Processing
ATTENTION: Executive Officer, ODP
FROM:
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SUBJECT: Weekly Report for Week Ending 16 DEC 1983
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Center for the CAMS2 System on Saturday adayr -
IBM installed the new 3081 Processor,(in the Computer
ie DIAL enlinea available to iihe
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DIA users' the weekendo(10-11 December. 'Av ab 1 y was
requested . DIA due to the Middle East ~I ' Jloamally these
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SPD completed software for the binary synchronous
tale ns link between the P&PD Dicomed film recorder
STAT and: the Center on December 9. Combined with a new
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interface, this link will provide high quality
color slides, VUGRAFs and other general users
beginning early next year. (U)
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The AIM system on (J1 was s to pro ide better
response. This was accomplished r~ in
such a way as to minimize the impact 'AOur VM1
users. Response was immediately improvedand feedback from the
STAT L_users has a& been qulbo positive. (U)
Release 3 of CP replaced release 1 of CP last week on VM1
and VM2.. This was a major change to the VM Operating System, but
the first week of production was quite stable and completed with
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no major unresolved problems. There was only one problem, which
evolved function keys, reported by our users, but otherwise this
STAT major software change to the operating syst ically
unnoticed by our large user community in th Computer
STAT Center. (U)
ce SYSTEMS AVAILABILITY SUMMARY
MONDAY 5 DECEMBER 1983 THRU SUNDAY 11 DECEMBER 1983
SYSTEM
GOAL
CURR
05 DEC
ENT WEEK PREVIOUS 90 DAYS
- 11 DEC 04 SEP - 04 DEC
BATCH
97%
99.38
99.24
CAMS
98%
98.55
98.95
GIMS
98%
1
00.00
98.49
VM
99%
1
00.00
99.51
VM2
99%
99.13
99.65
OCR-COLTS
97%
1
00.00
97.73
OCR-RECON
97%
99.69
98.83
DDO-STAR
97%
98.62
96.99
All systems tracked above their weekly availability goals.
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