UNCLASSIFIED BRIEFING FOR HOUSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00933R000100260010-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 25, 2003
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: January 21, 1971
• Content Type: MF

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Chief, Systems Programming Division
MEMORANDUM FOR Director of Data Processing
ATTENTION Executive Officer
THROUGH
STAT FROM
ODP/P/SPD
SUBJECT Unclassified Briefing for House Information Systems
REFERENCE ODP Instruction 07-05-77
1. This memorandum requests approval for our plans to provide
an unclassified brief-in on information management capabilities and
plans to John Ferro of the staff of House Information Systems, U.S.
House of Representatives.
2. Mr. Ferro is conducting an information management technology
study for his organization.
STAT 3. and I plan to have one briefing session
for Mr. Ferro at CIA headquarters. We do not expect this to develop
into a request for additional information or assistance.
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21 January 1981
2 2 JAN 1981
Date
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26 January 1981
MEMORANDUM FOR TIIE RECORD
STAT FROM:
ODP/P/SPD
SUBJECT: Meeting with John Ferro, House Information Systems
STA T On January 22. 1981 and I met with John Ferro
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of the House Information Systems, U.S. House or RepreseILtatLves.
Mr. Ferro is an Information Systems Specialist in the Membership
Services Division and he is involved in a survey of hardware and
software technology.
Mr. Ferro is interested in pursuing a "user-friendly" interface
for their systems. He described the facilities of the House Informa-
tion Systems which include two Amdahl V-5's, an ATEX system for bill
preparation, a Xerox 9700 printer and a COMTEN processor. The software
services include SCORPIO (Library of Congress), JURIS (Department of
Justice), and STAIRS running under CICS.
We briefly reviewed our centralized services including VM/370 time
sharing, batch services and data base management.
We concluded that while our direction is interesting to Mr. Ferro
it is not especially relevant to the problems he is addressing.
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Purpose: What will action accomplish, e.g., "Reply to letter
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"Comply with periodic reporting requirements," etc.
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comment, concurrence, or signature/approval. The
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priate column for each component. If concurrences
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to the action.
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the action, why is it necessary, what do you want
done. The pertinent references should be explained
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