The cost for metrication would be negligible. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) monitors and manages but does not fund the Military Departments' intelligence activities. As a management and intelligence production agency, metric conversion would have no significant monetary impact. A monetary cost estimate for metrication would approximate one-tenth of one percent of the FY 70 DIA budget ($107,102,000) or a cost of approximately $100,000 over the assumed ten-year conversion period. The added costs would be derived from the purchase of new equipment or modification of present equipment, data base file revisions, and training of personnel. We see no need for an increase in people, and an almost negligible increase in space. Personnel training and equipment conversion will require a budget increase of perhaps 0.1% during the transition. However, we anticipated that equipment development and procurement contract costs will increase as much as 25% in the first few years, gradually tapering to a 10% increase. Thus, the transition period will require an NSA budget increase of about 4% during each of the first four years. The increase will decline to 3% the fifth year, 2% the sixth, 1% the seventh, and 0.1% for the last three years. |