DDS&T COMMENTS AS REQUESTED ON REF. A.

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Director-Comptroller
SUBJECT: DDS!' Comments as Requested on Ref. A.
A. ExPir Memo (undated), "Archives,
History, and Records"
B. 17 War '72 Memo for Record, "Nxbir-
Coa+pt's Meeting with Deputies,
8 March 1872," para. 3.
1. Annual Reports - I do not believe the annual
Program -an extremely complex procedure and lengthy
document--should be further complicated by appending the
annual reports. I understand that you want an evaluation
of the past year in order to put the future program in
better perspective. But I would suggest that we prepare
the annual reports one to two months ahead of the deadline
for the Call. As you know, the deadline for the draft
Call this year is I April, and it discusses not the oncoming
fiscal year's program, tut the one following (i.e. 1974).
I would suggest that annual reports cover a period of, say,
mid-February to mid-February. This would give the Director-
ate the advantage of reviewing the accomplishments etc. of
the previous 12 months just prior to considering its draft
program for two years hence in detail, that is, prior to
the l April submission to PPB. Both the workload and the
documents would then be more manageable.
2. Archives - I would suggest that the annual reports
may not bee the easiest way of indexing the archival docu-
ments. I feel that papers should logically be tabbed for
archives at the time of receipt or production, under care-
fully coordinated criteria, and suggest that other means
than the annual report, such as ADP, would facilitate
maintenance of such an index.
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3. Histories -- A number of DDS&T's programs are suf--
ficiently large to span a period of many years. I am not
sure that the annual report would suffice the historian in
compiling the history. The point in time when the writing
of the history of such it program should be started will
depend on the appropriate milestone. In the case of the
OXCART, for example, the milestone was the decision to
phase out the program and send the aircraft to storage.
The history covers some 12 years.
Deputy Director
for
Carl E. Ducket
Science and Technology
O/DD/S&T
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