Overview[]
The following are the GAO reports published in 1980 that are discussed in this wiki (in reverse chronological order). Those Reports that have already been summarized are in blue; those that have not yet been summarized are in red.
December[]
- Budget and Spending: Most Federal Agencies Have Done Little Planning for ADP Disasters (AFMD-81-16) (Dec. 18, 1980).
- Justice and Law Enforcement: Oversight of the Government's Security Classification Program-Some Improvement Still Needed (LCD-81-13) (Dec. 16, 1980).
- Continued Use of Costly, Outmoded Computers In Federal Agencies Can Be Avoided (AFMD-81-9) (Dec. 15, 1980).
November[]
- Employment: Applicability of Service Contract Act to Service Employees of ADP and High-Technology Companies (Nov. 19, 1980).
- Information Technology: Computerized Hospital Medical Information Systems Need Further Evaluation To Ensure Benefits From Huge Investments (AFMD-81-3) (Nov. 18, 1980).
- Increasing Use of Data Telecommunications Calls for Stronger Protection and Improved Economics (LCD-81-1) (Nov. 12, 1980).
- Government Operations: Review of the Tennessee Valley Authority's Procurements of Automatic Data Processing Equipment (EMD-81-20) (Nov. 7, 1980).
October[]
- Information Security: Department of Housing and Urban Development's Privacy Act Systems of Records (LCD-81-10) (Oct. 31, 1980).
- Forest Service's Region 5 Should Consider Less Costly Ways to Meet Word and Data Processing Needs (CED-81-15) (Oct. 23, 1980).
- Information Management: Use of Computerized Information for Local and National Health Care Planning Purposes (Oct. 17, 1980).
- Information Technology: Agencies Should Encourage Greater Computer Use on Federal Design Projects (LCD-81-7) (Oct. 15, 1980).
- Government Operations: Proposed Revisions to Procurement Regulations Covering ADP Equipment and Services (B-199089) (Oct. 15, 1980).
September[]
- Information Technology: The Navy's Computerized Pay System Is Unreliable and Inefficient-What Went Wrong? (FGMSD-80-71) (Sept. 26, 1980).
- Information Technology: Review of the District of Columbia's Automatic Data Processing Operations (GGD-80-103) (Sept. 9, 1980).
- IInformation Technology: Use of Automatic Data Processing in the Veterans Administration To Support Medical Care Facilities (Sept. 4, 1980).
August[]
- Weak Financial Controls Make the Community Services Administration Vulnerable to Fraud and Abuse (FGMSD-80-73) (Aug. 22, 1983).
July[]
- Information Technology: Farmers Home Administration's Computer-Based Unified Management Information System (July 24, 1980).
June[]
- Program to Improve Federal Records Management Practices Should Be Funded By Direct Appropriations (LCD-80-68) (June 23, 1980).
- Conversion: A Costly, Disruptive Process That Must Be Considered When Buying Computers (FGMSD-80-35) (June 3, 1980).
May[]
- Information Technology: Procurement of ADP Equipment and Services by Veterans Administration (May 29, 1980).
- GAO Findings on Federal Internal Audit - A Summary (FGMSD-88-39) (May 27, 1980).
- Telecommunications: Does DOD Need a Dedicated System of High Altitude Satellites To Meet Its Strategic Communications Requirements for the Next Decade? (LCD-80-59) (May 9, 1980).
April[]
- Government Operations: Central Agencies' Compliance With OMB Circular A-71, Transmittal Memorandum No. 1 (LCD-80-56-I) (Apr. 30, 1980).
- Retirement Security: Wider Use of Better Computer Software Technology Can Improve Management Control and Reduce Costs (FGMSD-80-38) (Apr. 29, 1980).
- Information Technology: Incorporation of Contract Clause Into Proposed FPR Temporary Regulation (B-197574) (Apr. 22, 1980).
March[]
- Telecommunications: Improving Social Security Administration Procedures for Acquiring ADP and Telecommunications Resources (Mar. 31, 1980).
- Program to Follow Up Federal Paperwork Commission Recommendation Is In Trouble (GGD-80-36) (Mar. 14, 1980).
- Department of Agriculture: Actions Needed to Enhance Paperwork Management and Reduce Burden (GGD-80-14) (Mar. 10, 1980).
- Auditing and Financial Management: Accurate Information-Government Managers Cannot Do Without It ( (Mar 3, 1980).
February[]
- Information Technology: Farmers Home Administration's ADP Development Project-Current Status and Unresolved Problems (CED-80-67) (Feb. 19, 1980).
- Information Technology: Review of Selected Computer System Procurements (FGMSD-80-34) (Feb. 15, 1980).
January[]
- Information Technology: A Structure for Managing ADP Resources (Jan. 1, 1980).
Other GAO Reports[]
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