INFORMATION AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT STAFF WEEKLY REPORT FOR PERIOD ENDING 21 JUNE 1988

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00078R000100030047-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 30, 2013
• Sequence Number: 47
• Publication Date: June 21, 1988
• Content Type: MISC

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INFORMATION AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT STAFF
WEEKLY REPORT FOR PERIOD ENDING 21 JUNE 1988
I. Progress Report on Tasks Assigned by the DCl/DDCI:
II. Items or Events of Major Interest that have Occurred During
the Preceding Week:
A. TECHNICAL GROUP:
(1) FARS (Federal Automated Reguisitioninl System)
was contacted by
(C/IDSB with a request to run
Report for the previous year (1 June
obtain dollar amounts for line items
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and prinled.
an IDSB Statistical
1987 to 31 May 1988)
ordered from the Army.
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(3) BIDDERS (BIDDERS)
The User Manual for the BIDDERS NOMAD database is in the
final stages and is expected to be delivered to the
customer, Procurement Management Staff, OL, the week of
20 June 1988.
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(4) APS (Accountable Property System)
The updated Wang/CRAFT APS Glossary and the User Manual
change page are being forwarded to those stations and
components currently utilizing APS. A total diskettes
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(5) WANG
The Wang Systems Administrator created three visual memory
cabinets for of Budget & Fiscal Branch,
OL. These cabinets were created to track costs of OL
employees' POV, external training, and travel.
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B. CLAS:
(1) Release 1.3 Commercial: The Supply Team continues
to test the 1.3 Commercial packages (Bill of Materials and
Inventory Control) with a fairly high degree of success.
Some minor discrepancies have been found but nothing major.
Cullinet on-site support has been very helpful in resolving
1 the bugs, and tracking down inconsistencies in the
125X1 documentation.
(2) Interface and Conversion Programs: OIT's
conversion and interface team is making substantial progress
in designing and coding the conversions and interfaces.
There is one conversion program and three interfaces being
developed between Cullinet's Application Software (CAS) and
the existing Inventory Control System (ICS) that have to be
in place before 1 October. One of the programs, the.
conversion of catalog data from ICS, is already in testing
by the programmers. The functional team is scheduled to
have all four programs available for testing by 25 July.
(3) Proposal from Cullinet: Cullinet's proposal for
"single point of entry" for requisitions was so out of line
that a meeting was held with Cullinet representatives on
Friday to discuss the matter. There is skepticism on our
part that Cullinet is able or willing to provide this piece
of functionality either at their cost or ours. Certainly
there is doubt that it can be accomplished in time to
coincide with the final product in February 1989. We have
asked our representatives in the Federal Systems Division of
Cullinet to get a commitment from Corporate Cullinet prior
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to our meeting in Boston on Friday this week. Discussions
within the Supply Team and with the CLAS project management
indicates a possible work around for this piece of
functionality; by changing Our way of business. Certainly,
when weighted against the cost of coding this module, the
Supply Team proposal has merit. However, we are not going
to let Cullinet off the hook for this piece of code until we
are satisfied we have an adequate plan for accomplishing the
tasks it was to provide.
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INFORMATION AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT STAFF
WEEKLY REPORT FOR PERIOD ENDING 21 JUNE 1988
3. Significant Events Anticipated During the Coming Week:
(1) Trip to Boston: As reported last week, the CLAS
and BARS program managers, as well as a representative from
the Audit Staff and the DD/OF, will travel to Boston on
Friday the 24th to meet with Cullinet senior managers. The
primary purpose of the visit is to determine, via a Program
Review, the status of the Funds Control Tape scheduled for
delivery on 31 July, and the condition of the software on
the tape when it arrives. Our concern is obvious in light
of previous Cullinet delays in delivering software. But we
are also keenly interested in the content of the tape, which
is supposed to contain some Agency specific functionality.
The key point is that if all of the promised functionality
is included on the July tape then our confidence will be
much higher that Cullinet can deliver the final tape
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4. Perspective of Staff Activity:
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