COMMENTS ON PROJECT OFFICERS HANDBOOK

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• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 15, 1999
• Sequence Number: 45
• Publication Date: June 20, 1966
• Content Type: MF

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proposal is rather liberal in the accredits and capabilities
given to ADP to answer all questions for all people.
Specifically, it is not at all clear to this Office, possibly due
to our own limitations, how the ADP system will permit the
project officer and management to make more timely decision
If the program must await the data derived from the ADP, the
information gained can be no earlier than 60 days old; hence
the program is well in trouble before the ADP system flags
it. We would trust that management would rely on t project
officer to maintain a day to day cognisance over the status of
his program end raise flags long before the 60 days proffered
by the ADP system.
activities of ADO for contract information,
Comments on Project Offic rs
Handbook
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1. While there is a great deal to be said about the
accurate, and substantive as far as "all levels of Agency
management. ~x
to a great variety of questions that will be helpful, ra-meaninaful,
of the machine capability will provide a quick reaction res
2. We are not at all convinced that the inhere
3. We do raise the question whether or not the ADP
system will replace written records now maintained by the
various offices or will it be merely a consolidated machine
run for the DD/ &T.
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4. Really, the first question which comes to .mind,
ticularly as far as O SP is concerned, is the applicability
n
posed system, true for 13kG as well as VD/S&'
sties contracts. We also cannot help but foresee
lay in the ha"lirtg of our contracts if
Officer, then to the DID/S&T Comptraller, thence
ed upon us to forward our cents..
'D/ &T ADP Controller,
pedal Aatsis t for R&D. d finally to the ecutive
Officer, before delivery to OC , while such a 1 c .niss
certainly insures a large consortium providing Multitudinou,
',crachs"at the contract, it dares not evidence the most
streamline procedures a nvisioaed.
We would trust, though possibly erroneously, that
ct officer is more currently informed of his oroeram
rely "UASSLU ,, by OCS when nitlestones
Ye deviated 15 per cent or more from schedule.
its programs underway than possibly
this Office remains convinced that
satisfied by a tardy ADP run. We also are lurthr
by the delays and rnanpowers which the -ncorporation
system cannot help but invoke. Since this
system will not may r: our efforts but rather tarry t=hem,
can have no other but a negative approach.
Acting Director
of Special Projects
EO /IDD /
Distribution-
0 & 1 - Addse
1 - EC/DD/S&T
I - OSP Chrono
1 - DD/OSP
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