INFORMATION AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT STAFF WEEKLY REPORT FOR PERIOD ENDING 21 DECEMBER 1983

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87-00352R000100120033-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 10, 2009
• Sequence Number: 33
• Publication Date: December 21, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT STAFF
WEEKLY REPORT FOR PERIOD ENDING 21 DECEMBER 1983
1. Progress Report on Tasks Assigned by the DCI/DDCI:
No tasks assigned during this reporting period.
2 Items or Events of Major Interest that have Occurred
During the Preceding Week:
a. LIMS
(2) IMSS personnel are reviewing a draft of the
LIMS User Manual. This document, which is not much more
than an outline at this point, will be updated in conjunc-
tion with the LIMS development process and will provide
instructional information and step-by-step procedures on
how to use the LIMS system.
(3) On 21 December a LIMS Steering Committee
meeting was held in which the project status was reviewed,
those aspects of LIMS to become operational in February
1985 were described, and the associated master schedule
for development activities was presented.
b. Data Administration Service (DAS) - A complete
briefing on the DAS function has been scheduled for
10 January. Invitations for some position incumbents
and other interested personnel wi a mailed this week.
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SUBJECT: Information and Management Support Staff Weekly Report
for Period Ending 21 December 1983
c. Regulations
STAT
(Personnel Service and Recreational
Activities - Concurred, provided that certain
changes are made in several places where property
accountability is discussed.
STAT IIntraoffice Issuances - Concurred with
minor comments.
STAT
STAT
STAT
(Administrative Allowance -
Concurred with minor comments.
Travel to Yugoslavia for the Winter
Olympics - Concurred.
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Technical Group/DAS/IMSS/OL
WEEKLY STATUS REPORT
Week of 12 to 16 December 1983
STAT
STAT
A. Support to OL:
I. Major Activities During the Past Week:
MTCrrI i Ahipnllc
members of the Technical Group, DAS/IMSS/OL,
attended the GAS Enhancement Project Post-Implementation
Conference on 15-16 December. The purpose of the conference was
to review the process used to document, design, program, test and
implement the project. Recommendations (lessons learned) for
future projects were formalized and will be documented for
distribution to interested persons. In attendance were database
managers and working level representatives from the offices of
Finance, Logistics, and Data Proce i The conference was
STAT planned and directed b ance and Budget
STAT Division/ODP.
II. General Items:
None to report.
III. Problems:
STAT
FARS (Federal Automated Requisitioning System). The
communications failure between FARS and DATEX still has not been
resolved. DATEX can send records to FARS but as of Wednesday FARS
has been unable to send to DATEX. We have informed the ODP
Trouble Desk of the problem and they are trying to trace down the
line link between FARS and DATEX with the help of the Technical
Center. Meanwhile we are looking at others ways to communicate
ICS (Inventory Control System). ICS/INVOICE continues to
present a problem in releasing certain records to SUSPENSE. A
STAT
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more detailed review will be performed on 19 December.
IV. Upcoming Events:
None to report.
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