NON-DELIVERY OF EQUIPMENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90G00993R000300250012-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 1, 2012
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: February 27, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/05/01 : CIA-RDP90GO0993R000300250012-4
ADMINIS'T'RATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY
27 February 1987
STAT
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Information Technology
INFO: Director of Logistics
F RCM:
Executive Officer, OP
STAT
SUBJECT: Non-Delivery of Equipment
1. In August 1986, the Office of Personnel (OP) submitted a priority
requisition to purchase fourteen (14) personal computers which had to be
tempest approved. These computers were to be used in support of the Agency's
Thrift Savings-Plan which began February 15, 1987. With the guidance of OIT,
the IBM 3270 PC/AT was chosen as the computer most suitable for the Thrift
Savings Program.
2. The request, which was submitted under DCN 6057-86240-108, was to have
been handled on a priority basis. This was to ensure that the personal
computers (PCs) arrived before the savings plan's start-up date, then expected
to be 1 January 1987. The requested delivery date on the Form 88,
"Requisition for Material and/or Services", was 2 November 1986. In October
1986, OP's Logistics Officer was tasked with providing status on the IBM PCs.
It was initially reported that the PCs would be delivered in December. That
timeframe slipped to the first of January and then to February. Through
contacts with Procurement, OP learned that IBM was having "production
problems" in tempesting the computers. There still is uncertainty as to when,
if ever, IBM will fill this order.
3. Initially, OP was loaned several personal computers to start the
Thrift Savings Plan. These borrowed PCs are due to be returned to the
original owners in April 1987. Therefore, it is imperative that OP receive
tempest personal computers, either IBM or one that is IBM compatible, before
April. We request OIT to provide us with an alternative for the IBM 3270 or
resolve the present difficulty with IBM and/or our tempest requirements. The
PC's will be located at the Ames Building. If a tempest waiver is possible,
that would seem to be the quickest way out of our dilemma.
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/05/01 : CIA-RDP90GO0993R000300250012-4