Accession Number:

AD1168077

Title:

Defense ADP: Corporate Information Management Must Overcome Major Problems

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Congressional Report]

Corporate Author:

United States General Accounting Office

Personal Author(s):

• Carlone, Ralph V

Report Date:

1992-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

28

Abstract:

The Deputy Secretary of Defense laid the foundation for CIM in October1989 by convening an Executive Level Group ELG of high-level industry and Defense officials to evaluate Defense business practices and suggest an overall direction for the Department. The ELG noted that Defense viewed information management as merely automating existing business methods in order to cut costs. Little effort was made to improve the methods themselves therefore, when new technology was applied to old methods the expected benefits did not materialize. In response, the ELC recommended that the Department adopt a management philosophy that emphasizes continuous improvement of business methods before identifying specific computing and communication technologies. This wider view of information management is incorporated in the ELGS model for CIM.

Descriptors:

• information systems
• financial management
• corporate information management
• business administration
• civilian personnel
• control systems
• data processing
• department of defense
• processing equipment
• accounting
• commerce
• management personnel
• standards
• acquisition
• data processing equipment
• economic analysis
• finance

Subject Categories:

• Administration and Management
• Economics and Cost Analysis

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]