AUTOMATED CONTRACT INFORMATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85B00803R000200010013-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 3, 2003
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: November 29, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2004/01/29: CIA-RDP85B00803R000~9019891?i-ger 1966
AUTOMATED CONTRACT INFORMATION
Initial system (mid-1966) allowed for periodic input of
contractor and inspection reports under "Due" and "Received"
headings but the program was not capable of selecting only
the latest data in such a periodic field nor could it compare
a due date with a received date to determine that a report was
overdue. During the first four or five months of the initial
system's life, special requirements placed more of a burden
on the system that the regularly scheduled items.
Requirements of the system written into the Project Officer's
Handbook meant modifying, converting or reprogramming the
existing machine routines.
After generally surveying the rgmts for a total integrated
management information system, I have concluded that such a
system is not really feasible without on-line remote terminals.
This conclusion is concretely supported by the experience of
organizations who have successfully implemented such applications.
These applications are few in number to date due to lack of
experience by computer systems analysts and programmers in
their use. Generally speaking, usage design is five
years behind hardware availability. Each day of delay increases
this lag exponentially. OCS is no exception and is just begin-
ning a 12-18 month experimental phase with a few remote
installations. DDS&T should definitely be involved in the
experimental stage for several reasons:
1) We shld set the example for the offices, some of whom
have already ordered remote terminal installations.
2) The usage experience, even in experimental stage is
as important to us as to the software designers.
3) The contract information file can be updated on a daily
and errorxee basis and made quickly responsive to a variety
of random I4ueries by all levels ofmanagement, as envisioned by
the Handbook.
4) It will promote design flexibility for expansion of this
basic system to include other data bases.
(This impinges on the DDS responsibility for designing a total
information system which is a major influence on the thinking
of the Director of OCS in responding to rqmts with his limited
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