Department of Agriculture Needs Leadership in Managing Its Information Resources: Report to the Chairman, Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives

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U.S. General Accounting Office, 1981 - Government paperwork - 92 pages

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Page 62 - ... (10) establish appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to insure the security and confidentiality of records and to protect against any anticipated threats or hazards to their security or integrity which could result in substantial harm, embarrassment, inconvenience, or unfairness to any individual on whom information is maintained...
Page 42 - Life cycle cost means the sum total of the direct, indirect, recurring, nonrecurring, and other related costs incurred, or estimated to be incurred, in the design, development, production, operation, maintenance and support of a major system over its anticipated useful life span.
Page 7 - Corporation (CCC) is a wholly owned Government corporation, created in 1933 to stabilize, support, and protect farm income and prices; to assist in the maintenance of balanced and adequate supplies of agricultural commodities; and to facilitate the orderly distribution of such commodities.
Page 23 - ... (2) ensure its information systems do not overlap each other or duplicate the systems of other agencies; (3) develop procedures for assessing the paperwork and reporting burden of proposed legislation affecting such agency; (4) assign to the...
Page 22 - (1) systematically inventory its major information systems and periodically review its information management activities, including planning, budgeting, organizing, directing, training, promoting, controlling, and other managerial activities involving the collection, use, and dissemination of information...
Page 48 - Director Foreword The Federal Information Processing Standards Publication Series of the National Bureau of Standards is the official publication relating to standards adopted and promulgated under the provisions of Public Law 89-306 (Brooks Act) and under Part 6 of Title 15, Code of Federal Regulations.
Page 83 - ... implement records schedules for all records created and received by the agency and obtain NARA approval of the schedules in accordance with 36 CFR part 1228; (7) Ensure compliance with applicable Governmentwide policies, procedures, and standards relating to recordkeeping requirements as may be issued by the Office of Management and Budget, the General Services Administration, the National Archives and Records Administration, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or other agencies,...
Page 13 - Improved Planning — A Must Before A Departmentwide Automatic Data Processing System Is Acquired For The Department of Agriculture, June 3, l975.
Page 18 - ... Resources Needed to Enhance Marine Corps Efficiency and Effectiveness (LCD-76-126, 7/11/77). Inadequacies in Data Processing Planning in the Department of the Interior (FGMSC-78-41, 6/23/78). NORAD's Information Processing Improvement Program — Will it Enhance Mission Capability? (LCD-78-117, 9/21/78). National Bureau of Standards Needs Better Management of Its Computer Resources to Improve Program Effectiveness (CED-79-39, 4/17/79).

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