.82-639 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS NINETIETH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION JULY 18, 19, AND 20, 1967 Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Operations WILLIAM S. MOORHEAD, Pennsylvania OGDEN R. REID, New York FLETCHER THOMPSON, Georgia MARGARET M. HECKLER, Massachusetts ERNEST C. BAYNARD, Staff Administrator HULEN SELMAN, Investigator IRMA REEL, Clerk LYNNE HIGGINBOTHAM, Clerk II Astin, Dr. A. V., Director, National Bureau of Standards; accompanied Hornig, Donald F., Director, Office of Science and Technology, accom- Hughes, Phillip S., Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget; accom- panied by Joseph F. Cunningham, Chief, ADP Management Branch, Office of Management and Organization; and Clark Renninger, Assistant Chief, ADP Management Branch__ Hyde, Rosel H., Chairman, Federal Communications Commission_. Moody, Joe E., Deputy Administrator, General Services Administra- tion; accompanied by H. A. Abersfeller, Commissioner, Federal Supply Service; Harry R. Van Cleve, General Counsel; Joe Eng- mann, sharing exchange coordinator, San Francisco; R. F. Hoffman, sharing exchange coordinator, Fort Worth; and T. M. O'Donnell, sharing exchange coordinator, Kansas City- Reynolds, Edwin L., Acting Commissioner of Patents.. Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record___ Astin, Dr. A. V., Director, National Bureau of Standards: Principal research projects of the Center for Computer Sciences and Tech- Cary, George D., Deputy Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress: Announcement regarding copyright registration for computer pro- Grosch, Dr. Herbert, Director, Center for Computer Sciences and Technology, National Bureau of Standards: Statement of objectives of NBS projects associated with standards listed in "Status of Fed- eral ADP Standards Recommendations" given in the Information Processing Standards Tech Memo 67-2, June 2, 1967. Hughes, Phillip S., Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget: Computers by agency-purchase/lease, table--- Extract of public laws related to ADP responsibilities of the List of members of Committee on Information Systems of the Number of computers by cost range and average months installed, White House memorandum for heads of departments and agencies regarding the use of automatic data processing equipment_--- Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record-Continued Macy, John W., Chairman, Civil Service Commission: Estimates of future manpower requirements through fiscal year Sample position description, digital computer system analyst, Schedule of courses to be offered by the ADP Management Train- ing Center during fiscal year 1968. Reynolds, Edwin L., Acting Commissioner of Patents: statement__ Staats, Elmer B., Comptroller General of the United States: List of Appendix A-Roster of organizations supplying courses, training, or in- struction in computing, programing, or systems.. Appendix B-Directives from the Bureau of the Budget implementing Appendix C-ASA X3, X4 sectional committees-Alphabetic list of Fed- eral Government participants-- Appendix D-Exploratory hearing by the Federal Communications Com- mission on the interdependence of computer and Commission services__ Appendix E-Orders and decisions of the FCC related to data processing- Appendix F-Computers in higher education___. Appendix G-USASI fact sheet and other material relating to the stand- 119 16 DATA PROCESSING MANAGEMENT IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1967 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 10:15 a.m., in room 2247, Rayburn House Office Building, the Honorable Jack Brooks, chairman of the subcommittee, presiding. Present: Representatives Jack Brooks, William S. Moorhead, William J. Randall, Dante B. Fascell, Fletcher Thompson, and Margaret M. Heckler. Also Present: Ernest C. Baynard, staff administrator; Joseph L. Gibson, counsel; Hulen Selman, investigator; Irma Reel, clerk; Lynn Higginbotham, clerk; J. Richard Berman, assigned from GAO, supervisory accountant; Frank J. Borsellino, assigned from GAO, accountant; and William H. Copenhaver, minority counsel. Mr. BROOKS. Gentlemen, we were expecting some other members but we have Congressman Thompson here from Georgia, who is still dedicated to serving. And, we are delighted to see him. The other members will be along. They are familiar with this, and I think we will proceed and not wait any longer. The Government Activities Subcommittee, having been duly authorized by the rules of the committee and a quorum being present for the purpose of taking testimony, is hereby called to order. In March 1963, I introduced legislation to provide a coordinated, Government-wide management system for Government data processing equipment. With data processing fast becoming a vital component to efficient and effective government, it became imperative that this costly and essential equipment itself be managed in the most efficient manner and applied in the most effective way. In October 1965, after almost 3 years of bitter struggle, this legislation was approved and is now Public Law 89-306. During the past 20 months, the Bureau of the Budget, the General Services Administration and the National Bureau of Standardseach of which was delegated specific responsibilities under this statute-have had time to begin implementation of this new business-like management system. Setting up this system is by no means complete. Much remains to be done and as time passes, improvements must constantly be made. But, even today, the benefits of this new approach are apparent. Earlier this year, the Bureau of the Budget announced savings on the order of between $100 and $300 million had already been achieved as a result of a coordinated approach to management of Government data processing as provided in this legislation. |