Estimate of MS Computer support Need - FY 1965 AND 1966

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-06180A000300050005-5
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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 30, 1998
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: July 22, 1964
• Content Type: MEMO

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1,~g3AO1Sji.)iTx TO: E cecutive Officer/Medical Staff DATE: 22 July .19621
FROM Chef'/!-ssessment 8 )!'.valuation Staff
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xT :C`i' Asti nr ,e of t.'3 Compu,~ te.r Support r d - ti -
1. The following "forecast of projected requirements for computer
suppc:,rt" is our current best estimate of Medical Staff data processing
needs for Fiscal 1965 and 1966. This forecast must be regarded as
tentative since the entire Medical Staff data processing application is
either in an early develop;tiiental stage or in the first stages of revision.
A. Assessment and Evaluation Staff (AES)
1) Test Scoring and Reporting System revision
2) Psychological Test Interpretation system
The Test Scoring and Reporting system which has been in
operation for about 4 years utilizes the computer (RCA 501) about
1 ?:ct ;? -o-or week. The revision of this system is requ red in order
to add a test interpretation capability (2 above). A p'..s,21e::
result in greater efficiency and
merger of these two systems wool-,'_ porti~:r
1, ci 2 ec,t ;rc thet th2 existing ystern, mess Scoring and R ~,
t car o -or.siderab' e modification. This can to n c: ~ Tdis, u,
however, without appreciable increase in n.n;..chine t T e ut ...
3) Research Support System possibly revised
It is anticipated that AES will develop a larger and more
consistent utilization of the computer for research processing.
This utilization will involve an already existing system or a
modification of it and will require about 1 hour of computer
machine time.
SUMMARY: Machine time utilization for AES will be approximately 2 hours
per week not counting-?file maintenance requirements (which are included
below). _
B. Clinical Division and_Psvchiatric Staff
i) Development of a Medical Information System
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SUBJT CT: Estimate of MS Computer Support Need - FY 1965 and 1966
Machine time requirements for a Medical Inforrmition
system i.s estimated ut between 2 and 4 lit-mrs per wec?l;, ?+Cairn
not cou.nLirg Vile maintenance.
Computing requirements in support of Mc-dical Research Will
probably center around use of the system being used by AE S. Medical
research projects will undoubtedly not have an appreciable effect
on computer requirements during Fiscal 1965 since our major effort
during this period will be directed toward establishing, an appro-
priate data base. A very rough estimate would be that the Medical
Staff would require z hour per week in support of Medical research
beginning in late Fiscal 1965-
2. In summary, then, it is estimated that the Medical Staff computer time
utilization requirement for Fiscal 1965 and 1966 will range
(a) between 4 and 6 hours per week for production work and
(b) between 4 and 6 hours per week for routine file maintenance
procedures.
The est i mated total Medical Staff computer time rec,.uire :^crit xri ll, thus,
from 8 to 12 hours per week.
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