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Opportunities Still Exist To Better Use the Mint's Data Processing Center

GGD-81-64 Published: Mar 27, 1981. Publicly Released: Mar 27, 1981.
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The Bureau of the Mint's automatic data processing center in San Francisco, California, serves not only the Bureau but other Department of the Treasury bureaus and Federal agencies as well. A review was performed to evaluate how well the Bureau's data processing resources are managed.

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Recommendations for Executive Action

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United States Mint, San Francisco, CA The Bureau of the Mint should: (1) assure that the San Francisco automatic data processing center is performing as effectively as possible by making certain that the necessary performance and utilization measurements are collected and properly interpreted; (2) use this information as a basis for a computer performance management program to furnish periodic reports to management at the center and Mint headquarters on the extent to which data processing capacity is available and computer equipment is being used; and (3) on the basis of the information provided by the performance management program, try to ensure that the Mint's data processing capacity is fully utilized and that the data center's computer equipment is commensurate with its needs.
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Electronic data processingComputer equipment managementInformation systemsSystems evaluationData processingComputer capacityStatistical dataCentral processing unitPerformance managementAutomatic data processing