INTERACTIVE SERVICES BOARD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85B00803R000200080068-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 8, 2004
• Sequence Number: 68
• Publication Date: February 9, 1970
• Content Type: BRIEF

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Memo for OCS Div and Staff Chiefs
sub: Interactive Services Boar~lak
Actg D/CS
Because of the current problems in reliability and performance
which I consider critical, and the need to plan carefully our
activities over the next several months, an Interactive Services
dinate and guide our activitie
Board will be established to_coor
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Functions: a) Establish system goals, conventions, standards
and test rgmts.
b) Identify problem areas
c) Review recommended hardware and software changes,
establish priorities, select implementation task teams,
and establish schedules.
d) Monitor development and impleme~htation of changes
to meet the established schedules and goals.
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Board will be concerned with 3 problems: Measuremen oft problem
potential parameters; ~,~,~,,~~ ~ c~ ~.~,, -- _
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COINS - all-day availability of support--
11 Feb 1970 ~EI~~ IIHC discussed ways of
removing current scheduling restrictions
(?-9 and 12-1 daily),
A/DCS'supplied information
on con figurations an d, costs for a con-
tinuous COINS operatign, if security
safeguards were acceptable and the program
were approved. (2? Feb 70)
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At a briefing of Mr, Duckett on 27 Feb 1970, one question
which came up was --
Where should the dividing line be drawn between those
OCS ADP courses that are directly computer-oriented and
those that involve math, OR, or other training that is
indirectly related to computers and which might better be
handled by OTR?
Any action taken on this?
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During the latter part of March 1970, an abnormal amt of
trouble was encountered on the TSS. Trouble started
with minor software problems and was compounded by a
multiplicity of hardware failures. This caused blame
to be placed on software when in reality it was the
hardware that was failing.
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13 April 1970
Savings resulting from Use of Computers
When the DCI was briefed on EDP in the fall of 1969
he requested the DDS to prepare a report showing what
the Agency had saved by installing the several computer
systems now in use.
The IPB was requested to assist in gathering;information
for this report. Chairman, IPB, felt the info already
submitted to OPPB under rgmts of BoB Circular A-79 was
not sufficient, but the information needed to be sharpened
up for the specific report the DCI desired.
I~~$xThe DDS&T IPC, requested contributions STAT
from all DDS&T of ices using computers to be returned to
him by 22 April 1970.
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The IBM 360/67 software was for time-sharing,
Initial experience with it was not promising as the IBM
Time-Sharing System (TSS) software did not perform
acceptably. The first release of PL/1 (the IBM computer
language for the 360 system) was defective and created
poorly performing code so that programmers were reluctant
even to use subsequent versions (although they were im-
proved). Much of the work in debugging the 360 system
was done by OCS people, and therefore a great deal was
learned which aided in solving other Agency computer
problems, and in the process a strong, professional cadre
of computer technicians was built up in OCS.*
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