BARS/CLAS SYSTEM OBJECTIVES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00191R000100060036-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 11, 2013
• Sequence Number: 36
• Content Type: MEMO

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To: Director of Logistics
Director of Finance
Office of the Inspector General, Audit Staff
Subject": BARS/CLAS SYSTEM OBJECTIVES
1. The BARS/CLAS Project Team consider it essential that several
BARS/CLAS system objectives be validated by the Office of Finance and the
Office of Logistics. The verification will ensure that the BARS/CLAS effort
has a clear interpretation of our objectives and goals.
2. The BARS/CLAS project will proceed towards system implementation by 1
October 1988 with the following functional objectives:
a. PRA/MPA will be eliminated within BARS/CLAS project. A direct
funding approach will be implemented.
b. There is a need to provide automation in the process of recording
commitments/obligations Specifically, for example, it is envisioned that the
B&F fund certification for a new requisition could be automatically granted
where available funds exist; the request would be suspended when fund
thresholds are reached or exceeded.
c. Before submitting a request, authorized customers will ensure that
any approvals required from a coordinating or cognizant office have been-
obtained and that the requisition is for official purposes and otherwise
proper. Any approvals required prior to submitting will be retained by the
customer for audit purposes. (Ref.
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d. The Office of Logistics will
as indicated in Note.
not monitor cognizant office approval
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e. Requests for material from stock may have to be submitted
separately from requests for material to be purchased. Authorized customers
(i.e. EUR/LOG, NE/LOG) would electronically submit requests for purchased
items directly to Procurement Division. Requests for items from stock would
be automatically issued from inventory. Requests for purchased and stocked
material would not be subject to the present review of the Supply Management
Branch. It is anticipated that these procedural changes will be made viable
with the research and identification tools provided by the system.
g. The project team will be directed towards a streamlined paperless
environment consistent with audit requirements..
3. Your approval is requested to proceed towards implementation with the
above objectives incorporated into the BARS/CLAS systems objective document..
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/07/11: CIA-RDP90-00191R000100060036-8