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Government-Wide Guidelines and Management Assistance Center Needed To Improve ADP Systems Development

AFMD-81-20 Published: Feb 20, 1981. Publicly Released: Feb 20, 1981.
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In more than 57 reports in the past 10 years, GAO has identified management weaknesses in the design and development of large, complex Federal data processing systems. GAO suggests a framework of principles and procedures for managing systems development which could be the basis for issuing Government-wide guidelines. The earlier recommendation that a management assistance center for computer software and systems development be established was reiterated.

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Office of Management and Budget The Director of the Office of Management and Budget should require the head of each Federal agency to implement the guidelines.
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Office of Management and Budget The Director of the Office of Management and Budget should establish a management assistance center for computer software and systems development, financed by the General Services Administration (GSA) Automatic Data Processing Fund, and reporting to the Director through a chartered user committee. The GSA Office of Software Development and the Federal Computer Performance Evaluation and Simulation Center should be consolidated into this new center.
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Office of Management and Budget The Director of the Office of Management and Budget should issue Government-wide guidelines which will enable agencies to take a structured approach in developing automatic data processing systems. These guidelines should incorporate the management principles and procedures in appendix II.
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