An Information Management Study for Headquarters Department of the Army, Phase 1 Detailed Report.
Abstract
The basic question addressed is whether or not it is feasible for Headquarters. Department of the Army, (HQDA), to manage automated information as a resource. The study examined automated information from five approaches including senior top interviews, Army staff agency visists, investigation of selected information systems, reviews of 13 HQDA Data Processing Activities, and conduct of three case studies. The study recommended integrating eleven separately managed programs at HQDA into an overall information resource management (IRM) program. Eleven areas are (1) information policy, (2) information systems planning review and coordination, (3) information resource education, (4) information resource technology assessment, (5) metadata management, (6) data base administration guidance, (7) data standardization, (8) policy compliance audit, (9) forms management, (10) records management, (11) reports management. The study considered three organizational alternatives for implementing IRM at HQDA that were developed: (a) decentralized, (b) distributed, and (c) centralized. The study recommended the distributed approach whereby a small policy and program management office is established with program control over the individual IRM functions which are carried out in various organizational entities of HQDA. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 12, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA084841
Entities
People
- Arthur Young