COMPUTER SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: Computers in the Federal Government: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, Juanita M. Kreps, Secretary NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS, Ernest Ambler, Acting Director Issued June 1977 JK 468 .Az Reports on Computer Science and Technology A56 The National Bureau of Standards has a special responsibility within the Federal Government for computer science and technology activities. The programs of the NBS Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology are designed to provide ADP standards, guidelines, and technical advisory services to improve the effectiveness of computer utilization in the Federal sector, and to perform appropriate research and development efforts as foundation for such activities and programs. This publication series will report these NBS efforts to the Federal computer community as well as to interested specialists in the academic and private sectors. Those wishing to receive notices of publications in this series should complete and return the form at the end of this publication. National Bureau of Standards Special Publication 500-7 Nat. Bur. Stand. (U.S.), Spec. Publ. 500-7, 41 pages (June 1977) Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data United States. National Bureau of Standards. Computers in the Federal Government. (Computer science & technology) (NBS special publication; "The author of this compilation is Martha M. Gray." Supt. of Docs. no.: C13.10:500-7 1. United States--Executive departments--Management--Data processing-Statistics. 2. Public administration-Data processingStatistics. I. Gray, Martha M. II. Title. III. Series. IV. Series: United States. National Bureau of Standards. Special publication; 500-7. QC100U57 no. 500-7 [JK468.A8] 602'. Is [373] 77-608102 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Stock No. 003-003-01780-9 Graduate Liberey Gift 11-30-78 COMPUTERS IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: A COMPILATION OF STATISTICS ABSTRACT The material in this report is a compilation of some of the data on the status of computer technology in the Federal Government. This compilation is a combination of existing statistics from Federal Government and computer industry sources, and original statistics based on these sources. Information is included on numbers of computers installed in the Federal Government, dollar value of computers installed, numbers of computers installed by agency, Federal ADP costs by agency and minicomputers in the Federal Government. Key Words: Federal Government computers; statistics; ADP costs; Federal minicomputers; Federal ADP statistics PREFACE The material in this report is a compilation of some of the data on the status of computers in the Federal Government and the private sector. This compilation is a combination of existing statistics from Federal Government and computer industry sources, and original statistics based on these sources. Information is included on numbers of computers installed in the Federal Government, dollar value of computers installed, numbers of computers installed by agency, Federal ADP costs by agency, and minicomputers in the Federal Government. This report is a first attempt in sharing this kind of information; the Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology plans to share other such compilations of data which it continually gathers in the course of its activities, for its own needs and responsibilities. The author of this compilation is Martha M. Gray of the Computer Information Section, ably assisted by Paul Majewski of the Section. Other Section staff members involved were Peter Calomeris, who helped in the preparation of some of the graphs, and Barbara Peterson and Pamela Forder, who assisted with manuscript preparation. Special thanks for their assistance and cooperation are due Alvin Krakow, General Services Administration; Walter Haase and Boyd Alexander, Office of Management and Budget; and Walter Anderson, General Accounting Office. |