CASE PROCESSING By: Philip D. Coleman David Hennessy Assisted by: David Levere Michael Tansey The following papers discuss various aspects of the case processing during the Economic Stabilization Program. Different types of information requirements existed for pay and price matters and thus different systems for processing relevant information evolved. The handling of price cases was similar throughout the Program; it is therefore discussed in one paper. The handling of pay cases changed somewhat after Phase II; thus, the two time periods are treated separately. Finally, there is a summary discussion on the use of computers in the Economic Stabilization Program. The paper elsewhere in this volume on Data Price and Data Systems deals with automated data processing on the price side of the Program. Mr. Coleman served most recently as the Director of the Operations, Systems, and Procedures Division of the Office of Operations of the Cost of Living Council. Before joining the Program, Mr. Coleman had been associated with Sylvania-GTE, Bunker-Ramo, RCA, Infodata Systems and ITT. He is a graduate of West Point and holds an M.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University. Ms. Davis, a statistician with the government for 15 years, joined the Economic Stabilization Program in November, 1971. She served in the Operations Control Office of the Pay Board during Phase II, and in the Economic Analysis Division of the Office of Wage Stabilization, Cost of Living Council during Phases III and IV. She majored in mathematics at Howard University, and has done graduate work in statistics at George Washington University. Mr. Hennessy is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame. He served for two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Malaysia. He then joined C-B Foods, an upstate New York food processing firm, as a market analyst. Currently, Mr. Hennessy is attending the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. Mr. Levere received his B.A. degree in economics from Harvard University and is currently attending the Harvard Law School. Ms. Ramey received her bachelors degree in political science from Mary Washington University in 1968. She has been associated with the various public sector activities of the Economic Stabilization Program, most recently as a pay stabilization analyst in the Public Sector Division of the Cost of Living Council. Mr. Tansey was a member of the Price Commission staff during Phase II of the Program. He received his B.A. in economics from Harvard University in 1970, and is currently working on his Ph.D. in economics at the University of Wisconsin. CONTENTS An Introduction to the Automated Case Processing and Infor- Page |