MEMORANDUM FOR HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES FROM [LYNDON B. JOHNSON]

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00780R001300060019-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 17, 2002
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: June 28, 1966
• Content Type: MF

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want the head of every Federal agency to e::plor ; and apply all
possible means to
v~~ ac~i~ I E
-- use the electronic commuter to do a better job
-- .:.._. compute, ty at :e iowes possible cast.
want my administration to Five --3r'(,rity emp :asis to both of these
o7'ijectiv::s -- nothing' less su-.ii e;.
she electronic computer is havin a greater impact on what the
G ove rnme:_t does and how it does it than any other product of modern
technology.
The computer is making it possible to
-- send men and satellites into -bace
-- make significant strides in medical research
-- add several billions of do"Jars to our revenue through improved
t administration
- administer the huge and com')lex social security and medicare
:: o~rams
-- manage a multi-billion dollar defense logistics system
-- speed the issuance of G.I. hisurance dividends, at much less
cost
-- save lives through better search and rescue operations
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-- harness atomic energy for peaceful uses
-- design better but less costly' highways and structures.
.L _-I short, computers are enabling us to achieve progress and benefits
which a decade ago were beyond our ;ras-3.
The technology is availa.'ole. l.ts potential for good has been amply
demonstrated, but it remains to be tapped fuller measure.
am determined that we take advantage of this technology by usin it
imaginatively to accomplish worthwhile purposes.
;therefore want every agency head to give thorough study to new ways
in which the electronic con_ nuter might be used to 1 M
-- provide better service: to the public
-- improve agency performance
-- reduce costs.
But, as we use computers to achieve these benefits, I want these
activities managed at the lowest -?ossible'cost.
At the present time, the Federal Government
-- .:.ses 2, 600 computers
-- employs '.ti, 000 people in this activity
-- ;pet ids over $2 billion annually to acquire and operate this
ciuipment, including special military type computers.
:Gear ;r, we must devote our best efforts to managing this large
-.,vestment wisely and with the least cost.
approved a blueprint for action when I aur)roved the Bureau of the
f;udget "Report on Manag,sment of ADP in the Government.
the Congress recognized this neo.:d when it enacted Public Law 39-306
Brooks Bill) last October. This legislation provided specific
authorities to
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-- the General Services Administration, for the procurement,
utilization and disposition of automatic data processing
e cuipment
-- the Department of Commerce, for the development of data
processing standards and the nrovisicn of assistance to
agencies in designing comlute_ -based systems
-- the 3ureau of the Budget, for exercising policy and fiscal
control over the implementation of these authorities.
These agencies are seeking actively to put into effect ways for itnprovin
and reducing the cost of this huge and complex operation.
In my Budget Message for 1967 I told :,he Ccrgress of y intent to make
are that this huge investment is managed efficiently,
ha Federal Government must give priority attention to
- establishing better and more effective procurement methods
-- making fuller use of existing facilities through sharing and
joint-use arrangements before acquiring additional equipment
-- re-utilizing excess cqui-z:rier_t whenever feasible
-- ac sieving, with industry cooperation, greater compatibility
of equiomen_t.
I e. pact all agencies to coo:)erate fu_ly with tze Bureau of the Budget,
.he General Services Administration, and the Department of Commerce
in accomplishing these objectives.
f want the Director of the Bureau of the Budget to report to me cn
ecember 31, 1966, and every six r_ onths thereafter, on the progress
that is being made throughout e Federal Government in improving
the management of this very Important technology.
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