DDC 10 Year Requirements and Planning Study. Survey Results Report
Abstract
Results of a survey are presented that sampled DDC's user population to provide a significant input to the contractor's recommendations for facilitating the transfer to DoD S and TI for the 1978-1988 period. The survey determined the use of, needs for, and views regarding the adequacy of both current and future DDC technical information products and services. The survey utilized telephone interview techniques to a randomly selected sample of 700 support, management, and bench level individuals engaged in Defense research, development, test and evaluation (RDT and E) activities. Twenty-five organizations from each of four DDC user organization categories were drawn randomly from the DoD Dissemination Authority List (DAL). The four categories are: DoD Key Users, DoD Non-Key Users, Contractor Key Users, and Contractor Non-Key Users. Among the user population studied, improvements in the quality of information provided and response time are seen as the most pressing needs. Ranking second and third, respectively among predicted needs are improvements in information currency (or up-to-dateness of information) and provision of an increased amount of information available. Less important are needs in improvement in the formats and media in which information appears. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADA022304
Entities
People
- Charles T. Kenny
- Jerome T. Maddock
- Martha Cornog