Modernizing the U.S. Air Force Base Level Automation System (1981) / Chapter Skim
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1 Introduction, Conclusions, and Recommendations
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The bulk of the processing is done in the batch mode. This system evolved in the 1960s from earlier systems developed within individual Air Force commands to support management at each base.
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The committee has focused its attention on the following: Phase IV as a basis for modernizing and expanding services provided by the Base Level Automation System over the long run. Shorter term problems the Air Force may encounter in the transition to Phase IV and in later modernization.
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Potential users in the Air Force see, clearly and correctly, that such equipment will improve the effectiveness and economy of Air Force operations. If Phase IV takes too long to achieve its potential effectiveness and economy, a now-latent potential for service to base level offices will be met by minicomputer- and microprocessor-based systems and therefore will be lost to the Base Level Automation System.
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Phase IV should be regarded as a vehicle for maintaining the information system at the leading edge of technology and for offering greatly improved and better integrated services to Air Force management at each base. After three decades, data processing hardware continues to evolve rapidly in capability and economy.
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Fortunately, under the Phase IV program, the Air Force has the flexibility to increase the capacity and the range of functions of its computers, if needed, and to acquire new equipment to meet rising demand (conclusions 3 and 4~. Present users will find it economical to increase the scope of the data processing operations they assign to the Base Level Automation System.
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11. The Committee considers it possible that, when the final quotations are available from the vendors competing for Phase IV, the Air Force may find that even the limited extent to which the current Phase IV plan centralizes computation and serves some bases remotely (nregionalization~)
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15. The Air Force should regard the Base Level Automation System, coupled with its supporting agencies, as a single entity that includes the Air Force Data Systems Design Center, other software development activities, and the data processing installations at air bases.
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18. With forethought and continued good planning, the Air Force can avoid the trauma of another major capital replacement program like Phase IV.
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There are no realistic, accepted, and uniformly applied manpower standards* for Air Force data processing personnel.
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4. Provide aggressive leadership from the Air Force Data Systems Design Center, as the designated manager of the Base Level Automation Program, for the coordination of all base level computing activities.
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8. Initiate a comprehensive program to build quality and experience into the Air Force data automation community.
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