Air Force ADP: Millions Can Be Saved If Automated Technical Order System Is Discontinued
IMTEC-90-72
Published: Aug 23, 1990. Publicly Released: Sep 25, 1990.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the cost-effectiveness of the Air Force Logistics Command's (AFLC) Automated Technical Order System (ATOS), focusing on whether: (1) continued operation of ATOS would be cost-effective; and (2) further expenditures to enhance the system are warranted.
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Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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| Department of the Air Force | The Secretary of the Air Force should direct AFLC to discontinue using ATOS to revise technical orders and use contractors instead. |
The Department of Defense has realigned all of its Computer-Aided Acquisition Logistics (CALS) projects, including ATOS, as a result of its Corporate Information Management initiative. The Air Force plans no further action on ATOS as it will be subsumed by the larger Defense-wide CALS program.
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| Department of the Air Force | The Secretary of the Air Force should direct AFLC to discontinue all efforts to build the ATOS database unless AFLC can justify ATOS as a part of the AFTOMS program by clearly demonstrating that it is the most feasible and cost-effective approach to building the AFTOMS database. |
The Joint Uniform Services Technical Information System program, formerly AFTOMS, has recently been cancelled. Therefore, the recommendation no longer applies.
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